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Wave function as geometric entity
A new approach to the geometrization of the electron theory is proposed. The
particle wave function is represented by a geometric entity, i.e., Clifford
number, with the translation rules possessing the structure of Dirac equation
for any manifold. A solution of this equation is obtained in terms of geometric
treatment. Interference of electrons whose wave functions are represented by
geometric entities is considered. New experiments concerning the geometric
nature of electrons are proposed
Theory of elastic interaction between colloidal particles in the nematic cell in the presence of the external electric or magnetic field
The Green function method developed in Ref.[S. B. Chernyshuk and B. I. Lev,
Phys. Rev. E \textbf{81}, 041707 (2010)] is used to describe elastic
interactions between axially symmetric colloidal particles in the nematic cell
in the presence of the external electric or magnetic field. General formulas
for dipole-dipole, dipole-quadrupole and quadrupole-quadrupole interactions in
the homeotropic and planar nematic cells with parallel and perpendicular field
orientations are obtained. A set of new results has been predicted: 1)
\textit{Deconfinement effect} for dipole particles in the homeotropic nematic
cell with negative dielectric anisotropy and perpendicular
to the cell electric field, when electric field is approaching it's Frederiks
threshold value . This means cancellation of the
confinement effect found in Ref. [M.Vilfan et al. Phys.Rev.Lett. {\bf 101},
237801, (2008)] for dipole particles near the Frederiks transition while it
remains for quadrupole particles. 2) New effect of \textit{attraction and
stabilization} of the particles along the electric field parallel to the cell
planes in the homeotropic nematic cell with . The minimun
distance between two particles depends on the strength of the field and can be
ordinary for . 3) Attraction and repulsion zones for all elastic interactions
are changed dramatically under the action of the external field.Comment: 15 pages, 17 figure
Analytical calculation of the Stokes drag of the spherical particle in a nematic liquid crystal
As an approach to the motion of particles in an anisotropic liquid, we
analytically study the Stokes drag of spherical particles in a nematic liquid
crystal. The Stokes drag of spherical particles for a general anisotropic case
is derived in terms of multipoles. In the case of weak anchoring, we use the
well-known distribution of the elastic director field around the spherical
particle. In the case of strong anchoring, the multipole expansion may be also
used by modifying the size of a particle to the size of the deformation
coating. For the case of zero anchoring (uniform director field) we found that
the viscosities along the director and perpendicular
direction are almost the same, which is quite reasonable because
in this case the liquid behaves as isotropic. In the case of non-zero
anchoring, the general ratio is about 2 which
is satisfied by experimental observations.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figur
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