Crystals and Dislocations

Missing Row of Atoms

Dislocations in 3D are Lines

(Screw, edge, junctions, tangles)

Broken Symmetry, Order Parameters, Topological Defects

At Dislocation,

Order Parameter Winds Around Torus

Winding Number =Topological Charge =Burgers Vector

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