To the construction of symmetry-dependent inhomogeneity Landau theory of state and its relationship to field theory

TL;DR

This paper develops a symmetry-dependent inhomogeneous Landau theory linking local order parameters with gauge-like fields, generalizing static models to dynamic cases with conservation laws and quantum mechanical consistency.

Contribution

It introduces a dynamic, symmetry-dependent Landau theory incorporating gauge fields and conservation laws, extending previous static models to include inhomogeneity and quantum properties.

Findings

Dynamic models relate local OP and compensating fields via gauge-like interactions.

Stress tensors define forces consistent with Newton's laws.

Model aligns with quantum mechanics through wave properties of condensates.

Abstract

The paper shows that inhomogeneity of translation properties of condensate leads to the interaction of local order parameter (OP) and its compensating field which is similar to gauge fields in the field theory. Dynamic models were considered in the theory of phase transitions to inhomogeneous state with local translational symmetry, generalizing analogous models of static description [A.Ya Braginsky, Phys. Rev. B66, 054202 (2002); A.Ya. Braginsky, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 132, 30 (2007)], where internal stress inevitably arises. In dynamic models, symmetry-dependent stress tensor defines force, and continuous group parameters of the local Landau potential are linked with the laws of conservation and equations of continuity. Equations of continuity for momentum in the present model are in agreement with the second Newton's law and result from the equations of state, by analogy with equations of continuity for current, obtained from Maxwell equations in electrodynamics. It is shown that the principle of local homogeneity corresponds to the model of continuum with fibering of space into locally homogeneous subspaces in each of its points, resulting in the gauge model with minimal interaction in the Landau theory. Phenomenological charge responsible for minimal interaction of an order parameter (OP) and its compensating field linearly enters the expression for momentum, that being in agreement with the principle of equivalence of masses. Local Landau theory is consistent with ideas of quantum mechanics, because condensate, in a small volume, has wave properties and describes the wave function, which is transformed to local irreducible representation (IR) of the subgroup of translations.