Chiral Dynamics of an Intruder across Dilute and Hydrodynamic Regimes

Abstract

We introduce and simulate an analytically tractable model for an intruder of arbitrary shape in a nonequilibrium bath, with chirality originating from the bath, the intruder, or their coupling. In the dilute regime, a Langevin description derived from a Boltzmann-Lorentz equation shows how intruder geometry governs ratchet effects and odd response. In the dense regime, the dynamics of the intruder are instead governed by the hydrodynamic modes of the bath and edge currents, which are described by a Stokes equation including a chiral torque density. Our results link shape to chiral transport and show that odd response arises from distinct mechanisms in the dilute and dense limits.