The world of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation
Jun 6, 200145 pages
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- Rev.Mod.Phys. 74 (2002) 99-143
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- cond-mat/0106115 [cond-mat.stat-mech]
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Abstract: (APS)
The cubic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation is one of the most-studied nonlinear equations in the physics community. It describes a vast variety of phenomena from nonlinear waves to second-order phase transitions, from superconductivity, superfluidity, and Bose-Einstein condensation to liquid crystals and strings in field theory. The authors give an overview of various phenomena described by the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation in one, two, and three dimensions from the point of view of condensed-matter physicists. Their aim is to study the relevant solutions in order to gain insight into nonequilibrium phenomena in spatially extended systems.Note:
- Submitted to Reviews of Modern Physics, reduced resolution figures
- review
- Landau-Ginzburg model
- critical phenomena
- coherent state
- scattering: plane wave
- defect: topological
- stability
- dimension: 2
- dimension: 3
- vortex
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