Department of Physics and Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2013 May 31;110(22):228701. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.228701. Epub 2013 May 29.
Human collective behavior can vary from calm to panicked depending on social context. Using videos publicly available online, we study the highly energized collective motion of attendees at heavy metal concerts. We find these extreme social gatherings generate similarly extreme behaviors: a disordered gaslike state called a mosh pit and an ordered vortexlike state called a circle pit. Both phenomena are reproduced in flocking simulations demonstrating that human collective behavior is consistent with the predictions of simplified models.
人类的集体行为会根据社会环境从冷静变为恐慌。我们使用网上公开的视频，研究重金属音乐会与会者高度活跃的集体运动。我们发现，这些极端的社交聚会产生了类似的极端行为：一种无序的气体状状态称为“冲撞区”，一种有序的漩涡状状态称为“圈地”。这两种现象都可以在群体模拟中重现，这表明人类的集体行为与简化模型的预测一致。
