A GAUGE-MODEL OF AMORPHOUS SOLIDS CONTAINING DEFECTS .2. CHERN-SIMONS FREE-ENERGY

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DERELI T., VERCIN A.

PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE B-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STATISTICAL MECHANICS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES, vol.64, no.4, pp.509-513, 1991 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 64 Issue: 4
• Publication Date: 1991
• Doi Number: 10.1080/13642819108215273
• Journal Name: PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE B-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STATISTICAL MECHANICS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Periodicals Index Online
• Page Numbers: pp.509-513
• Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Continuum line defects are modelled by a theory of SO(3) connections in the orthonormal frame bundle over the body manifold of a solid. Variations of the Chern-Simons free-energy integral lead to spaces of constant curvature and constant torsion as equilibrium configurations.