Figure 10.

Alignment characteristics given by (A) head distance d_head and (B) alignment angle θ for the parasite interacting with a rigid RBC. Both characteristics are nearly independent of the interaction strength ϵ_a and generally show a poor parasite alignment. Data for both small (red dashed lines) and large (blue solid lines) parasites and the two exponents a = 0 (circles) and a = 1 (stars) are shown. The black dashed line in plot (A) represents the minimal possible distance σ of the repulsive LJ interaction. To see this figure in color, go online.