BPS Configurations in Smectics
Santangelo, C. D. ; Kamien, Randall D.
arXiv, 0303532 / Harvested from arXiv
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It is typical in smectic liquid crystals to describe elastic deformations with a linear theory when the elastic strain is small. We extend the recent, exact solution of Brener and Marchenko to more general one-dimensional deformations, including multiple edge dislocations by relying on the Bogomol'nyi, Prasad and Sommerfield (BPS) decomposition. We introduce an approximation for the deformation profile far from a spherical inclusion and find an enhanced attractive interaction at long distances due to the nonlinear elasticity.
Publié le : 2003-03-25
Classification:  Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter,  Mathematical Physics 
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     title = {BPS Configurations in Smectics},
     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {2003},
     number = {0},
     year = {2003},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/0303532}
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Santangelo, C. D.; Kamien, Randall D. BPS Configurations in Smectics. arXiv, Tome 2003 (2003) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/0303532/