Fractonic gauge theory of smectics

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2021.168509zbMath1484.82067arXiv2012.02208OpenAlexW3161792340MaRDI QIDQ2063559

Zhengzheng Zhai, Leo Radzihovsky

Publication date: 11 January 2022

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.02208

zbMATH Keywords

meltingdisclinationsmecticfractonHiggs transitionvector gauge theory

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) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

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Cites Work

• Topological order in an exactly solvable 3D spin model
• Dual gauge field theory of quantum liquid crystals in two dimensions

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