Ginzburg-Landau theory of condensates thermodynamics, dynamics, and formation of topological matter - Rosenstein, Baruch 1958-; Li, Dingping 1965- (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
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The phenomenological (Landau) description of the ordered condensed matter from magnets to Bose condensates -- Simplest topological defects -- Topological defects and their classification -- Repulsion between solitons and viable vortex matter created by a Gauge field -- Abrikosov vortices created by the magnetic field -- Structure and magnetization of the vortex lattice within London approximation -- Structure and magnetization of the vortex lattice within Abrikosov approximation -- Linear stability analysis of the homogeneous states -- Stability and the excitation spectrum of the single soliton and the vortex lattice -- Forces on solitons, pinning and elasticity of the vortex matter -- Dynamics of the order parameter field -- Solitary waves -- Viscous flow of the Abrikosov flux lattice -- Statistical physics of mesoscopic degrees of freedom -- The Landau-Wilson approach to statistical physics of the interacting field fluctuations -- Thermal fluctuations in the vortex matter