We study the transition from the cholesteric phase to two TGBC phases near the upper critical twist kc2: the Renn-Lubensky TGBC phase, with layer normal rotating in a plane perpendicular to the pitch axis, and the Bordeaux TGBC phase, with the layer normal rotating on a cone parallel to the pitch axis. We calculate properties, including order-parameter profiles, of both phases.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0303365,
title = {The Structure of TGB$_C$ Phases},
author = {Arindam Kundagrami and T. C. Lubensky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0303365},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures, Submitted to Physical Review E, Rapid Communications, September 5, 2003; Revised manuscript (to the paper submitted on March 18, 2003, cond-mat/0303365)that includes an important missing reference and presents an improved analysis of a generalized model