Article Dans Une Revue Communications in Mathematical Sciences Année : 2023

Kinetic model for myxobacteria with directional diffusion

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In this article a kinetic model for the dynamics of myxobacteria colonies on flat surfaces is investigated. The model is based on the kinetic equation for collective bacteria dynamics introduced in [S. Hittmeir, L. Kanzler, A. Manhart, C. Schmeiser, KRM, 14 (1), pp. 1-24, 2021], which is based on the assumption of hard binary collisions of two different types: alignment and reversal, but extended by additional Brownian forcing in the free flight phase of single bacteria. This results in a diffusion term in velocity direction at the level of the kinetic equation, which opposes the concentrating effect of the alignment operator. A global existence and uniqueness result as well as exponential decay to uniform equilibrium is proved in the case where the diffusion is large enough compared to the total bacteria mass. Further, the question wether in a small diffusion regime nonuniform stable equilibria exist is positively answered by performing a formal bifurcation analysis, which revealed the occurrence of a pitchfork bifurcation. These results are illustrated by numerical simulations.
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hal-04869751 , version 1 (07-01-2025)

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Laura Kanzler, Christian Schmeiser. Kinetic model for myxobacteria with directional diffusion. Communications in Mathematical Sciences, 2023, 21 (1), pp.107-126. ⟨10.4310/cms.2023.v21.n1.a5⟩. ⟨hal-04869751⟩
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