Universality for Moving Stripes: A Hydrodynamic Theory of Polar Active Smectics
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Universality for moving stripes: a hydrodynamic theory of polar active smectics.
We present a theory of moving stripes ("polar active smectics"), both with and without number conservation. The latter is described by a compact anisotropic Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation, which implies smectic order is quasilong ranged in d=2 and long ranged in d=3. In d=2 the smectic disorders via a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, which can be driven by either increasing the noise or varying ce...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.088701