Manoj, N and Moessner, R and Shenoy, VB (2021) Fractonic View of Folding and Tearing Paper: Elasticity of Plates Is Dual to a Gauge Theory with Vector Charges. In: Physical Review Letters, 127 (6).
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Abstract
We offer a fractonic perspective on a familiar observation - a flat sheet of paper can be folded only along a straight line if one wants to avoid the creation of additional creases or tears. Our core underlying technical result is the establishment of a duality between the theory of elastic plates and a fractonic gauge theory with a second rank symmetric electric field tensor, a scalar magnetic field, a vector charge, and a symmetric tensor current. Bending moment and momentum of the plate are dual to the electric and magnetic fields, respectively. While the flexural waves correspond to the quadratically dispersing photon of the gauge theory, a fold defect is dual to its vector charge. Crucially, the fractonic condition constrains the latter to move only along its direction, i.e., the fold's growth direction. By contrast, fracton motion in the perpendicular direction amounts to tearing the paper. © 2021 American Physical Society.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Physical Review Letters |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to Authors |
| Keywords: | Electric fields; Magnetic fields; Tensors, Elastic plate; Electric and magnetic fields; Flat sheets; Gauge theory; Growth directions; Symmetric tensors, Quantum theory |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2021 13:34 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2021 13:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/69810 |
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