Structure and Dynamics of Topological Defects in a Glassy Liquid on a Negatively Curved Manifold
View/ Open
Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031504Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Sausset, François, Gilles Tarjus, and David Nelson. 2010. Structure and dynamics of topological defects in a glassy liquid on a negatively curved manifold. Physical Review E 81(3): 031504.Abstract
We study the low-temperature regime of an atomic liquid on the hyperbolic plane by means of molecular dynamics simulation and we compare the results to a continuum theory of defects in a negatively curved hexagonal background. In agreement with the theory and previous results on positively curved (spherical) surfaces, we find that the atomic configurations consist of isolated defect structures, dubbed “grain boundary scars,” that form around an irreducible density of curvature-induced disclinations in an otherwise hexagonal background. We investigate the structure and the dynamics of these grain boundary scars.Other Sources
http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0387v2Terms of Use
This article is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Open Access Policy Articles, as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of-use#OAPCitable link to this page
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8160706
Collections
- FAS Scholarly Articles [18256]
Contact administrator regarding this item (to report mistakes or request changes)