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🦗 Locust Hopper Band Ring Arena: Density, Alignment and the Order Parameter

Locust nymphs marching around a ring arena: a one-dimensional majority-alignment model with noise shows how crowding switches a group from random milling to coordinated marching, measured by the order parameter and checked against closed-form limits.

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Locust nymphs marching around a ring arena: a one-dimensional majority-alignment model with noise shows how crowding switches a group from random milling to coordinated marching, measured by the order parameter and checked against closed-form limits.

LocustCollective MotionOrder ParameterPhase TransitionCanvas

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