The Power of Poincaré: Elucidating the Hidden Symmetries in Focal Conic Domains

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2010-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/1004.0465v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (2010) 257802

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 3 included figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.257802

Focal conic domains are typically the "smoking gun" by which smectic liquid crystalline phases are identified. The geometry of the equally-spaced smectic layers is highly generic but, at the same time, difficult to work with. In this Letter we develop an approach to the study of focal sets in smectics which exploits a hidden Poincar\'e symmetry revealed only by viewing the smectic layers as projections from one-higher dimension. We use this perspective to shed light upon several classic focal conic textures, including the concentric cyclides of Dupin, polygonal textures and tilt-grain boundaries.

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