
We probe non-equilibrium properties of an active bacterial bath through measurements of correlations of passive tracer particles and the response function of a driven, optically trapped tracer. These measurements demonstrate violation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem and enable us to extract the power spectrum of the active stress fluctuations. In some cases, we observe $1/\sqrtω$ scaling in the noise spectrum which we show can be derived from a theoretical model incorporating coupled stress, orientation, and concentration fluctuations of the bacteria.
4 pages, 4 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Stochastic Processes, Suspensions, Viscosity, Physics, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Cell Culture Techniques, Escherichia coli, Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft), FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter, Rheology
Stochastic Processes, Suspensions, Viscosity, Physics, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Cell Culture Techniques, Escherichia coli, Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft), FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter, Rheology
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