Octupolar order in two dimensions
Soft Condensed Matter
2015-07-15 v2
Abstract
Octupolar order is described in two space dimensions in terms of the maxima (and conjugated minima) of the probability density associated with a third-rank, fully symmetric and traceless tensor. Such a representation is shown to be equivalent to diagonalizing the relevant third-rank tensor, an equivalence which however is only valid in the two-dimensional case.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1503.04595,
title = {Octupolar order in two dimensions},
author = {Epifanio G. Virga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.04595},
year = {2015}
}