Effects of cross-correlated noises on the transport of active Brownian particles.

Abstract

The transport properties of active Brownian particles driven by cross-correlated noises are investigated. Using the Langevin and Fokker-Planck approaches, the theoretical analysis of the model is presented. It is found that correlated noises can produce a net velocity, which stems from the symmetric breaking of the system induced by the correlation between noises. The mean velocity is negative for positive correlation but positive for negative correlation. The mean velocity increases while the effective diffusion decreases as the absolute value of the correlation between the noises increases. Both the mean velocity and the effective diffusion show a nonmonotonic dependence on the multiplicative noise, but a monotonically decreasing dependence on the additive noise.