HAMILTONIAN-DYNAMICS OF THE LANDAU MODEL OF FERROELECTRIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS .1.

Authors
MUNDIM KC PITANGA P RIBEIRO A
Citation
Kc. Mundim et al., HAMILTONIAN-DYNAMICS OF THE LANDAU MODEL OF FERROELECTRIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS .1., Physica status solidi. b, Basic research, 179(1), 1993, pp. 53-58
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physica status solidi. b, Basic research → ACNP
ISSN journal
03701972
Volume
179
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
53 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-1972(1993)179:1<53:HOTLMO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A Hamiltonian treatment of the Landau theory of phase transitions is p resented. This formulation is based on the analogy between the order p arameter space and the ordinary coordinate space of a particle moving in two dimensions. As an application, ferroelectric smectic liquid cry stals are considered.