On minimizers of the 2D Ginzburg-Landau energy with tangential anchoring

DOI10.1016/J.NA.2023.113276zbMATH Open1518.35309arXiv2301.05361OpenAlexW4323922220MaRDI QIDQ6097526FDOQ6097526

Authors: Stan Alama, Lia Bronsard, Lee van Brussel 

Publication date: 5 June 2023

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyze Ginzburg--Landau minimization problems in two dimensions with either a strong or weak" tangential boundary condition. These problems are motivated by experiments in liquid crystal with boundary defects. In the singular limit when the correlation length tends to zero, we show that boundary defects will be observed for weak anchoring, while both boundary and interior vortices are possible for strong anchoring in the first order limit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.05361

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zbMATH Keywords

Euler-Lagrange systemGinzburg-Landau energytangential minimization problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic systems (35J57)

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