BPS Configurations in Smectics
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Publication:6465874
DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.91.045506arXivcond-mat/0303532WikidataQ73781621 ScholiaQ73781621MaRDI QIDQ6465874FDOQ6465874
Authors: Christian D. Santangelo, Randall D. Kamien 
Publication date: 25 March 2003
Abstract: It is typical in smectic liquid crystals to describe elastic deformations with a linear theory when the elastic strain is small. We extend the recent, exact solution of Brener and Marchenko to more general one-dimensional deformations, including multiple edge dislocations by relying on the Bogomol'nyi, Prasad and Sommerfield (BPS) decomposition. We introduce an approximation for the deformation profile far from a spherical inclusion and find an enhanced attractive interaction at long distances due to the nonlinear elasticity.
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