A New Classification of Topological Defects
Randall Kamien (University of Pennsylvania - USA)
18-Mar-2022, 16:00-17:00 (2 years ago)
Abstract: Smectic liquid crystals are layered systems that abound in nature. I will introduce these materials and show how the long-lived, topologically protected excitations defy simple classification. I will describe our attempts.
geometric topology
Audience: researchers in the topic
Series comments: Web-seminar series on Applications of Geometry and Topology
| Organizers: | Alicia Dickenstein, José-Carlos Gómez-Larrañaga, Kathryn Hess, Neza Mramor-Kosta, Renzo Ricca*, De Witt L. Sumners |
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