\(\Gamma\)-convergence analysis of a generalized \(XY\) model: fractional vortices and string defects

DOI10.1007/s00220-017-3026-3zbMath1394.82021arXiv1612.03128OpenAlexW3103032061MaRDI QIDQ2413443

Lucia De Luca, Rufat Badal, Marco Cicalese, Marcello Ponsiglione

Publication date: 10 April 2018

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.03128

zbMATH Keywords

calculus of variationsdislocationsGinzburg-Landau\(\Gamma\)-convergenceliquid crystalsXY spin systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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