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  • Soft Matter Physics
  • Active Matter

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  • Active soft matter is a rapidly growing field in physics.
  • Field theories are essential for understanding active systems.
  • Coarse-graining microscopic models is a key approach to developing these theories.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a detailed review of the interaction-expansion method (IEM).
  • To demonstrate the IEM's utility in systematically deriving predictive field theories for active matter.
  • To explain the microscopic derivation of active model B+ using the IEM.

Main Methods:

  • Review of the interaction-expansion method (IEM).
  • Detailed explanation of the IEM's application to coarse-graining microscopic models.
  • Microscopic derivation of active model B+.

Main Results:

  • The IEM enables systematic microscopic derivation of field theories for active systems.
  • The IEM provides a method for deriving the widely used active model B+.
  • The study details the application of IEM for active particle systems.

Conclusions:

  • The interaction-expansion method is a powerful tool for developing field theories in active soft matter.
  • The IEM facilitates the microscopic derivation of predictive models for active matter.
  • Further applications and extensions of the IEM are possible.