Smectic layering: Landau theory for a complex-tensor order parameter

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AC80DFMaRDI QIDQ5872737zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jack Paget, Una Alberti, Marco Mazza, Andrew J. Archer, Tyler N. Shendruk

Publication date 4 January 2023

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.04310

zbMATH Keywords

Landau theoryliquid crystalssmectic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX) Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

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