Dispersive shock waves in nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2015.08.006zbMath1415.82016OpenAlexW1779250109MaRDI QIDQ2000255

Noel F. Smyth

Publication date: 28 June 2019

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/21397147/nemborer2.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

modulation theoryliquid crystalsdispersive shock wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55)

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