Creating a mosh pit physics simulator with gas particles as a model

Concert mosh pits are a niche phenomenon even among humans, but researchers at Cornell have found that their movement can be modeled using parameters based on the collision of gas particles. "These are collective behaviours that you wouldn't have predicted based on the previous literature on collective motion in humans," lead author Jesse Silverberg tells New Scientist, noting that they wouldn't have been caught observing pedestrians or other non-moshing humans. While parts of their research wer...