Combinatorics

Physics

Topology (electrical circuits)

Mathematics

Biology

Engineering

Coupling (piping)

Artificial intelligence

Control (management)

Active matter

Synchronization (alternating current)

Computer science

Quantum mechanics

Flocking (texture)

Cell biology

Control theory (sociology)

Classical mechanics

Mechanical engineering

Physical Review Research

This paper studies oscillators that move on a plane while oscillating in their direction of motion. The onset of activity induces new routes for synchronization that give rise to particular behaviors such as the emergence of coherent flocks, or a self-segregation of oscillators of opposite chirality into large counterrotating clusters.

Activity induced synchronization: Mutual flocking and chiral self-sorting