Pairwise scattering and bound states of spherical microorganisms

@article{Darveniza2021PairwiseSA,
  title={Pairwise scattering and bound states of spherical microorganisms},
  author={C. Darveniza and Takuji Ishikawa and Timothy J Pedley and Douglas R. Brumley},
  journal={Physical Review Fluids},
  year={2021}
}
C. Darveniza, T. Ishikawa, T. J. Pedley, and D. R. Brumley ∗ School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. Department of Finemechanics, Tohoku University, 6-6-01, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK. (Dated: November 30, 2021) 
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