Instability of point defects in a two-dimensional nematic liquid crystal model
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Abstract: We study a class of symmetric critical points in a variational Landau - de Gennes model where the state of nematic liquid crystals is described by symmetric traceless matrices. These critical points play the role of topological point defects carrying a degree for a nonzero integer . We prove existence and study the qualitative behavior of these symmetric solutions. Our main result is the instability of critical points when .
The authors consider a class of critical (stationary) points of the Landau-de Gennes model for nematic liquid crystals in two dimensions. They consider a class of points with degree \(k\), corresponding to the winding number \(k/2\). The main result, proven via ODE and PDE methods, is that for \(k\) equal to \(2\) and higher, these points are unstable.
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