Abstract
The dynamics and stochastic aspect of the vortices that occur in a smectic-A liquid crystal close to its nematic-smectic A transition point is investigated. Using the analogy between our target system and the superfluid system, we discuss following two topics: The first topic is the formulation of the equation of motion of the vortex center, and the other one is the analysis of the random behavior of the vortices.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 60-68 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Molecular crystals and liquid crystals |
Volume | 596 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 Jun 13 |
Keywords
- Fokker-Planck equation
- Langevin equation
- liquid crystal
- nonlinear Schröedinger equation
- path integral
- superfluid
- vortex dynamics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics