The quantum smectic as a dislocation Higgs phase
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2007-05-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The theory describing quantum-smectics in 2+1 dimensions, based on topological quantum melting is presented. This is governed by a dislocation condensate characterized by an ordering of Burger's vector and this `dual shear superconductor' manifests itself in the form of a novel spectrum of phonon-like modes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0604639,
title = {The quantum smectic as a dislocation Higgs phase},
author = {V. Cvetkovic and J. Zaanen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0604639},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures; minor changes in the text