Abstract
Investigation of a great number of physical systems shows that a scaled Landau free energy density of the form F(φ) = a/2φ2 - 1/4φ4 + 1/6φ6 describes a first-order phase transition. To study the formation of static domain walls in these systems we include a spatial gradient (Ginzburg) term of the scalar order parameter φ. At the transition temperature (Tc) the potential has three degenerate minima corresponding to an asymmetric domain wall (i.e. a half-kink solution). We have obtained the associated kink lattice solution, its energy of formation and asymptotic kink-kink interaction. In addition, we report a 'pulse' lattice solution below Tc.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4311-4320 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 11 1999 |