Crowds start to spin when their densities hit a threshold

Antoine Tordeux ()

Nature, 2025, vol. 638, issue 8049, 41-42

Abstract: Overcrowding can lead to disaster, and yet the dynamics of dense groups of people are poorly understood. Analysis of a festival uncovers collective rotational movements that emerge at critical densities, which could be universal.

Keywords: Human behaviour; Physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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