Topological aspect of disclinations in two-dimensional melting
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-04-22 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
By using topological current theory, we study the inner topological structure of disclinations during the melting of two-dimensional systems. From two-dimensional elasticity theory, it is found topological currents for topological defects in homogeneous equation. The evolution of disclinations is studied, and the branch conditions for generating, annihilating, crossing, splitting, and merging of disclinations are given.
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@article{arxiv.0805.4661,
title = {Topological aspect of disclinations in two-dimensional melting},
author = {Wei-Kai Qi and Tao Zhu and Yong Chen and Ji-Rong Ren},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.4661},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages 5 figures. any comments are favored