Reversal of tracer advection and Hall drift in an interacting chiral fluid

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Authors: Erik Kalz, Shashank Ravichandir, Johannes Birkenmeier, Ralf Metzler, Abhinav Sharma
Cited by: 4
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Abstract

Chiral fluids are defined by broken mirror or time-reversal symmetry, giving rise to tensorial transport coefficients with antisymmetric components. A key example is the odd mobility tensor, which governs the response of a chiral tracer to an applied force and induces a characteristic transverse drift. While this response is well understood in the infinite dilution limit, the impact of interparticle interactions on the tracer dynamics remains largely unexplored. Here, we conduct an analytical and computational study of a chiral fluid with interparticle interactions and show that, under an external driving force, a chiral tracer can undergo a complete reversal of both its transverse Hall drift and its advection along the force. This reversal emerges from the interplay between odd mobility and interaction-mediated forces, resulting in a phenomenon reminiscent of absolute negative mobility.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles Theoretical and Computational Physics Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical review. E
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
113
Issue
4
Publication date
9 March 2026
Language
EN