Lecture 7: DEFECTS
DEFECTS
I. DEFECTS OF STRAIGHT ROLL PATTERNS
Order parameters, broken symmetry and topology
Rayleigh-Benard convection
Sand patterns
Fish skin patterns
II. CLASSIFICATION OF DEFECTS
Dislocations
Spirals
Disclinations
Penta-Hepta pairs in hexagonal patterns
III. OTHER PATTERNS
Faraday experiment
Diffraction patterns