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Hamiltonian Dynamics of the Landau Model of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. I
Author(s) -
Mundim K. C.,
Pitanga P.,
Filho A. Ribeiro
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221790107
Subject(s) - ferroelectricity , hamiltonian (control theory) , landau theory , phase space , liquid crystal , analogy , phase transition , physics , classical mechanics , condensed matter physics , mathematical physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , mathematical optimization , linguistics , philosophy , dielectric
A Hamiltonian treatment of the Landau theory of phase transitions is presented. This formulation is based on the analogy between the order parameter space and the ordinary coordinate space of a particle moving in two dimensions. As an application, ferroelectric smectic liquid crystals are considered.