Reduction theory for symmetry breaking with applications to nematic systems

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2010.07.002zbMath1208.37038arXiv0909.2165OpenAlexW2008796127MaRDI QIDQ602730

Cesare Tronci, François Gay-Balmaz

Publication date: 5 November 2010

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.2165

zbMATH Keywords

nematic liquid crystalsorder parametersymmetry breakingEuler-Poincaré and Lagrange-Poincaré reduction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Hamiltonian systems on groups of diffeomorphisms and on manifolds of mappings and metrics (37K65)

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