Hydrodynamic Limit and Large Deviations for Run-And-Tumble Particles with Mean-Field Switching Rates

Journal Article (2026)
Author(s)

Elena Pulvirenti (TU Delft - Applied Probability)

Frank Redig (TU Delft - Applied Probability)

Hidde van Wiechen (TU Delft - Applied Probability)

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-026-03609-y Final published version
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Journal title
Journal of Statistical Physics
Issue number
5
Volume number
193
Article number
51
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Abstract

In this paper, we study run-and-tumble particles moving on two copies of the discrete torus (referred to as layers), where the switching rate between layers depends on a mean-field interaction among the particles. We derive the hydrodynamic limit of this model, as well as the large deviations from the hydrodynamic limit. Our main tool is the introduction of a weakly perturbed version of the system, whose hydrodynamic equations precisely characterize the trajectories associated with large deviations.