Dislocation worldsheet condensation: dual gauge field theory of quantum liquid crystals
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- Beekman Aron
- Keio Univ.
Abstract
<p>We consider the condensation of extended topological defects associated with translational symmetry breaking: dislocation worldsheets. The Nambu-Goldstone bosons of the solid (phonons) are represented by Kalb-Ramond gauge fields that obtain a Higgs mass in the condensed phase, while Nambu-Goldstone bosons associated with remnant broken rotational symmetry deconfine as massless degrees of freedom. While rooted in condensed matter physics, this quantum phase transition sheds light on the Higgs mechanism of Kalb-Ramond fields, and also provides a complementary view of linearized gravity as the low-energy theory of a 4D liquid crystal.</p>
Journal
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- Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan
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Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan 72.1 (0), 46-46, 2017
The Physical Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282681025135616
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- NII Article ID
- 130006711490
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- ISSN
- 21890803
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed