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We consider the system {\Delta}u - W_u (u) = 0, for u: R^2 -> R^2, W: R^2 -> R, where W_u (u) is a smooth potential, symmetric with respect to the u_1, u_2 axes, possessing two global minima a^\pm := (\pma,0) and two connections e^\pm(x_1)…
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We make connections between studies in the condensed matter literature on quantum phase transitions in square lattice antiferromagnets, and results in the particle theory literature on abelian supersymmetric gauge theories in 2+1…
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We propose a model describing the liquid-vapour phase transition according to a phase-field approach. The model takes up a setting proposed by the second author, where a phase field is introduced whose equilibrium values 0 and 1 are…
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