Topologically stable defects and solitons in ordered media
By: V.P. Mineev.
Series: Classic reviews in physics,; v. 1
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Superfluidity -- Mathematical models.; Broken symmetry (Physics) -- Mathematical models.; Homotopy groups.; Condensed matter physics -- Mathematics.; Condensed matter -- Defects -- Mathematical models.; Solitons.; Linear topological spaces, Ordered.; Ordered topological spaces.; Espaces vectoriels topologiques ordonnés; Espaces topologiques ordonnés; Solitons
Other titles: Defects and solitons in ordered media; Solitons in ordered media
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78) and index.
"This review is devoted to a systematic description, obtained by means of homotopic topology, of singularities, domain walls, solitons, and superfluid properties of the superfluid phases of ³He and other substances having a spontaneously broken symmetry, such as He-II, ferromagnetics, and liquid crystals"--P. [3].
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Order parameters and spaces of degeneracy; title: 3. Linear defects and planar solitons (domain walls); title: 4. Point defects and linear solitons; title: 5. Relative homotopy groups; title: 6. Particle-like solitons; title: 7. Superfluidity and topology.