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Title

Conformal Smectics and their Many Metrics

Author(s)

Gareth P. Alexander, University of Warwick
Randall Kamien, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Ricardo A. Mosna, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

5-11-2012

Abstract

We establish that equally spaced smectic configurations enjoy an infinite-dimensional conformal symmetry and show that there is a natural map between them and null hypersurfaces in maximally symmetric spacetimes. By choosing the appropriate conformal factor it is possible to restore additional symmetries of focal structures only found before for smectics on flat substrates.

Comments

Alexander, G. P., Kamien, R. D., & Mosna, R. A. (2012). Conformal Smectics and their Many Metrics. Physical Review E, 85(5), 050701. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.050701

© 2012 American Physical Society

Recommended Citation

Alexander, G. P., Kamien, R., & Mosna, R. A. (2012). Conformal Smectics and their Many Metrics. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/physics_papers/235