One-dimensional ferronematics in a channel: order reconstruction, bifurcations, and multistability

Abstract: We study a model system with nematic and magnetic orders, within a channel geometry modelled by an interval,

[- D, D]

. The system is characterised by a tensor-valued nematic order parameter

m a t h b f Q

and a vector-valued magnetisation

m a t h b f M

, and the observable states are modelled as stable critical points of an appropriately defined free energy. In particular, the full energy includes a nemato-magnetic coupling term characterised by a parameter

c

. We (i) derive

L^{i} n f t y

bounds for

m a t h b f Q

and

m a t h b f M

; (ii) prove a uniqueness result in parameter regimes defined by

c

,

D

and material- and temperature-dependent correlation lengths; (iii) analyse order reconstruction solutions, possessing domain walls, and their stabilities as a function of

D

and

c

and (iv) perform numerical studies that elucidate the interplay of

c

and

D

for multistability.

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