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We introduce a class of $n$-dimensional (possibly inhomogeneous) spin-like lattice systems presenting modulated phases with possibly different textures. Such systems can be parameterized according to the number of ground states, and can be…

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Plasmonic chirality exhibits great potential for novel nanooptical devices due to the generation of a strong chiroptical response. Previous reports on plasmonic chirality explanations are mainly based on phase retardation and coupling. We…

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The Lebwohl-Lasher model of uniaxial liquid crystals with (\textit{n} = 3, \textit{d} = 2) was reported earlier to undergo a crossover transition to a novel nematic phase at a temperature $T=T_{n}$. This phase has unbound topological…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-04-02 B. Kamala Latha , V. S. S. Sastry , S. R. Shenoy

The intermittent dynamics of the turbulent GOY shell-model is characterised by a single type of burst-like structure, which moves through the shells like a front. This temporal structure is described by the dynamics of the instantaneous…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-31 Fridolin Okkels

Correlation of interacting particles is studied in their dynamics and localization in ideal and disordered lattice systems with the help of numerical tools. Both 1D and 2D systems are considered. In 1D lattices with long-range hopping,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-09-27 Tirthaprasad Chattaraj

We investigate the statistical mechanics of the photonic Ablowitz-Ladik lattice, the integrable version of the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. In this regard, we demonstrate that in the presence of perturbations the complex…

We introduce shape fluctuations in a liquid-crystalline system by considering an elementary Maier--Saupe lattice model for a mixture of uniaxial and biaxial molecules. Shape variables are treated in the annealed (thermalized) limit. We…

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We study samples and a dipolar model of magnetic rods arranged on twisted polygonal clusters in terms of the twist angle. We find that the relative twist between polygons induces noncollinear chiral phases, ranging from flux vortex closure…

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What kind of one-dimensional modulated nematic structures (ODMNS) can form nonchiral and chiral bent-core and dimeric materials? Here, using Landau-deGennes theory of nematics, extended to account for molecular steric polarization, we study…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-04-22 Lech Longa , Grzegorz Pająk

The main purpose of this review paper is to give systematically all the known results on phase diagrams corresponding to lattice models (Ising and Potts) on Cayley tree (or Bethe lattice) and chandelier networks. A detailed survey of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-10-04 H. Akın

Active matter describes materials whose constituents are driven out of equilibrium by continuous energy consumption, for instance from ATP. Due to the orientable character of the constituents, active suspensions can attain liquid…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-11-03 L. N. Carenza , G. Gonnella , G. Negro

A lattice Maxwell system is developed with gauge-symmetry, symplectic structure and discrete space-time symmetry. Noether's theorem for Lie group symmetries is generalized to discrete symmetries for the lattice Maxwell system. As a result,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-09-28 Jianyuan Xiao , Hong Qin , Yuan Shi , Jian Liu , Ruili Zhang

Crystallographic lattice defects strongly influence dynamical properties of magnetic materials at both microscopic and macroscopic length scales. A multi-scale approach to magnetisation dynamics, which is presented in this paper, accurately…

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We consider an experimentally realizable model of non-interacting but randomly coupled atoms in a two-dimensional optical lattice. By choosing appropriate real or complex-valued random fields and species-dependent energy offsets, this…

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We discuss that the Ginsparg-Wilson relation, which has the key role in the recent development of constructing lattice chiral gauge theory, can play an important role to define chiral structures in finite matrix models and noncommutative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Keiichi Nagao

I explore the non-perturbative issues entwining lattice gauge theory, anomalies, and chiral symmetry. After briefly reviewing the importance of chiral symmetry in particle physics, I discuss how anomalies complicate lattice formulations.…

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We consider the non-commutative generalization of the chiral perturbation theory. The resultant coupling constants are severely restricted by the model and in good agreement with the data. When applied to the Skyrme model, our scheme…

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The effect of cooling on a number of observables is calculated in SU(2) lattice gauge theory. The static quark-antiquark potential and spin-dependent interactions are studied, and the topological charge is monitored. The chiral symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2010-11-01 Howard D. Trottier , R. M. Woloshyn

We observe chimeralike states in an ensemble of oscillators using a type of global coupling consisting of two components: attractive and repulsive mean-field feedback. We identify existence of two types of chimeralike states in a bistable…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-01-20 Arindam Mishra , Chittaranjan Hens , Mridul Bose , Prodyot K. Roy , Syamal K. Dana