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      DYNAMICAL PHENOMENA IN LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS

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          Cosmology in the laboratory: defect dynamics in liquid crystals.

          Liquid crystals are remarkably useful for laboratory exploration of the dynamics of cosmologically relevant defects. They are convenient to work with, they allow the direct study of the "scaling solution" for a network of strings, and they provide a model for the evolution of monopoles and texture. Experiments described here support the simple "one-scale" model for cosmic string evolution, as well as some qualitative predictions of string statistical mechanics. The structure of monopoles and their apparent cylindrical but not spherical symmetry is discussed. A particular kind of defect known as texture is described and is shown to have a dynamical instability-it can decay into a monopole-antimonopole pair. This decay process has been observed occurring in the liquid crystal, and studied with numerical simulations.
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                Journal
                Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
                Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech.
                Annual Reviews
                0066-4189
                1545-4479
                January 2002
                January 2002
                : 34
                : 1
                : 233-266
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                10.1146/annurev.fluid.34.082401.191847
                b58da88b-706b-4798-9617-7d44fd655038
                © 2002
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