The helicity and vorticity of liquid-crystal flows

DOI10.1098/rspa.2010.0309zbMath1219.76005arXiv1006.2984MaRDI QIDQ3088951

Cesare Tronci, François Gay-Balmaz

Publication date: 21 August 2011

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2984

zbMATH Keywords

vorticity; nematic liquid crystal; helicity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82D30: Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses)

76A15: Liquid crystals

37N20: Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics)

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