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紧衬底上的近序拓扑

Topology of Smectic Order on Compact Substrates

Xiangjun Xing

摘要:

曲面基底上的近晶序可以用秩一的微分形式(1-形式)来描述,其几何意义是密度调制的局部相位场的微分。1-形式的外导数是局部位错密度。弹性形变用精确微分形式的叠加来描述。应用该方法研究了环面和球面上的近晶序,发现这两个体系都表现出许多拓扑上不同的低能态,这些低能态可以用两个整数拓扑荷来表征.低能态的总数与衬底面积的平方根成比例。对于球面上的近晶,我们还探讨了可能的低能量激发的向错运动,以及它的拓扑意义。

英文摘要:

Smectic orders on curved substrates can be described by differential forms of rank one (1-forms), whose geometric meaning is the differential of the local phase field of density modulation. The exterior derivative of 1-form is the local dislocation density. Elastic deformations are described by superposition of exact differential forms. Applying this formalism to study smectic order on torus as well as on sphere, we find that both systems exhibit many topologically distinct low energy states, that can be characterized by two integer topological charges. The total number of low energy states scales as the square root of the substrate area. For smectic on a sphere, we also explore the motion of disclinations as possible low energy excitations, as well as its topological implications.

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