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1Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Abstract:
We consider two models of deterministic active particles in an external potential. In the limit where the speed of a particle is fixed, both models nearly coincide and can be formulated as a Hamiltonian system, but only if the potential is time-independent. If the particles are identical, their interaction via a potential force leads to conservative dynamics with a conserved phase volume. In contrast, the phase volume is shown to shrink for non-identical particles even if the confining potential is time-independent.
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