Publications of Benoit Mahault

Duan, Y.; Agudo-Canalejo, J.; Golestanian, R.; Mahault, B.: Phase coexistence in nonreciprocal quorum-sensing active matter. Physical Review Research 7, 013234 (2025)

Cocconi, L.; Mahault, B.; Piro, L.: Dissipation-accuracy tradeoffs in autonomous control of smart active matter. New Journal of Physics 27 (1), 013002 (2025)

Kurjahn, M.; Abbaspour, L.; Papenfuß, F.; Bittihn, P.; Golestanian, R.; Mahault, B.; Karpitschka, S.: Collective self-caging of active filaments in virtual confinement. Nature Communications 15, 9122 (2024)

Piro, L.; Vilfan, A.; Golestanian, R.; Mahault, B.: Energetic cost of microswimmer navigation: The role of body shape. Physical Review Research 6 (1), 013274 (2024)

Romano, J.; Mahault, B.; Golestanian, R.: Dynamical theory of topological defects II: universal aspects of defect motion. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2024, 033208 (2024)

Duan, Y.; Agudo-Canalejo, J.; Golestanian, R.; Mahault, B.: Dynamical Pattern Formation without Self-Attraction in Quorum-Sensing Active Matter: The Interplay between Nonreciprocity and Motility. Physical Review Letters 131, 148301 (2023)

Romano, J.; Mahault, B.; Golestanian, R.: Dynamical theory of topological defects I: the multivalued solution of the diffusion equation. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2023, 083211 (2023)

Berx, J.; Bose, A.; Golestanian, R.; Mahault, B.: Reentrant condensation transition in a model of driven scalar active matter with diffusivity edge. EPL 142 (6), 67004 (2023)

Mahault, B.; Godara, P.; Golestanian, R.: Emergent organization and polarization due to active fluctuations. Physical Review Research 5, L022012 (2023)

Piro, L.; Golestanian, R.; Mahault, B.: Efficiency of navigation strategies for active particles in rugged landscapes. Frontiers in Physics 10, 1034267 (2022)

Mahault, B.; Tang, E.; Golestanian, R.: A topological fluctuation theorem. Nature Communications 13, 3036 (2022)

Piro, L.; Mahault, B.; Golestanian, R.: Optimal navigation of microswimmers in complex and noisy environments. New Journal of Physics 24, p. 093037 (2022)

Mahault, B.; Chaté, H.: Long-Range Nematic Order in Two-Dimensional Active Matter. Physical Review Letters 127, 048003 (2021)

Duan, Y.; Mahault, B.; Ma, Y.-q.; Shi, X.-q.; Chaté, H.: Breakdown of Ergodicity and Self-Averaging in Polar Flocks with Quenched Disorder. Physical Review Letters 126, 178001 (2021)

Meng, F.; Matsunaga, D.; Mahault, B.; Golestanian, R.: Magnetic Microswimmers Exhibit Bose-Einstein-like Condensation. Physical Review Letters 126, 078001 (2021)

Mahault, B.; Golestanian, R.: Bose-Einstein-like Condensation due to Diffusivity Edge under Periodic Confinement. New Journal of Physics 22 (6), 063045 (2020)

Mahault, B.; Ginelli, F.; Chate, H.: Quantitative assessment of the Toner and Tu theory of polar flocks. Physical Review Letters 123 (21), 218001 (2019)