2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Liquid Crystal Ground States on Hyperbolic Cones
Cheng Long, David R. Nelson
We generalize the analytic theory and simulation models for liquid crystal ground states on conventional cones with positive apex Gaussian curvature and study liquid crystal ground…
nlin.CD2025
Transition to chaos with conical billiards
Lara Braverman, David R. Nelson
We adapt ideas from geometrical optics and classical billiard dynamics to consider particle trajectories with constant velocity on a cone with specular reflections off an elliptica…