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		<title>Carl McBride at 14:20, 16 November 2007</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Stub-general}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Stub-general}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;There seems to be an analogy between the [[nematic phase |nematic]]-[[Smectic phases |smectic-A]] phase transition and the normal to superconducting  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;There seems to be an analogy between the [[nematic phase |nematic]]-[[Smectic phases |smectic-A]] phase transition and the normal to superconducting  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Phase transitions |phase transition]] (Refs. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;3 &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;4&lt;/del&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Phase transitions |phase transition]] (Refs. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;5 &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;6&lt;/ins&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(70)90186-6  Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;On the theory of translational and orientational melting with application to liquid crystals&amp;quot;, Physics Letters A  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;31&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 125-126 (1970)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(70)90186-6  Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;On the theory of translational and orientational melting with application to liquid crystals&amp;quot;, Physics Letters A  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;31&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 125-126 (1970)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.4.1238 W. L. McMillan &amp;quot;Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic A Phase of Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Physical Review A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 1238 - 1246 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.4.1238 W. L. McMillan &amp;quot;Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic A Phase of Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Physical Review A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 1238 - 1246 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.451007 Lech Longa &quot;On the tricritical point of the nematic–smectic A phase transition in liquid crystals&quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 2974-2985 (1986)]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.32.292 B. I. Halperin, T. C. Lubensky and Shang-keng Ma &amp;quot;First-Order Phase Transitions in Superconductors and Smectic-A Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Physical Review Letters &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;32&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 292-295 (1974)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.32.292 B. I. Halperin, T. C. Lubensky and Shang-keng Ma &amp;quot;First-Order Phase Transitions in Superconductors and Smectic-A Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Physical Review Letters &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;32&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 292-295 (1974)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0038-1098(74)90411-6 B. I. Halperin and T. C. Lubensky &amp;quot;On the analogy between smectic a liquid crystals and superconductors&amp;quot;, Solid State Communications  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;14&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 997-1001 (1974)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0038-1098(74)90411-6 B. I. Halperin and T. C. Lubensky &amp;quot;On the analogy between smectic a liquid crystals and superconductors&amp;quot;, Solid State Communications  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;14&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 997-1001 (1974)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Carl McBride: /* References */</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Phase transitions |phase transition]] (Refs. 3 and 4).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Phase transitions |phase transition]] (Refs. 3 and 4).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(70)90186-6  Kenji K. Kobayashi &quot;On the theory of translational and orientational melting with application to liquid crystals&quot;, Physics Letters A  &#039;&#039;&#039;31&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 125-126 (1970)]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.4.1238 W. L. McMillan &amp;quot;Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic A Phase of Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Physical Review A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 1238 - 1246 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.4.1238 W. L. McMillan &amp;quot;Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic A Phase of Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Physical Review A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 1238 - 1246 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Carl McBride at 11:24, 16 November 2007</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;There seems to be an analogy between the [[nematic phase |nematic]]-[[Smectic phases |smectic A]] phase transition and the normal to superconducting  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;There seems to be an analogy between the [[nematic phase |nematic]]-[[Smectic phases |smectic&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-&lt;/ins&gt;A]] phase transition and the normal to superconducting  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;phase transition (Refs. 3 and 4).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Phase transitions |&lt;/ins&gt;phase transition&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(Refs. 3 and 4).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Carl McBride</name></author>
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		<title>Carl McBride at 11:04, 16 November 2007</title>
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		<updated>2007-11-16T11:04:59Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;There seems to be an analogy between the [[nematic phase |nematic]]-[[Smectic phases |smectic A]] phase transition and the normal to superconducting &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;phase transition (Refs. 3 and 4).&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.4.1238 W. L. McMillan &amp;quot;Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic A Phase of Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Physical Review A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 1238 - 1246 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.4.1238 W. L. McMillan &amp;quot;Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic A Phase of Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Physical Review A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 1238 - 1246 (1971)]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.32.292 B. I. Halperin, T. C. Lubensky and Shang-keng Ma &quot;First-Order Phase Transitions in Superconductors and Smectic-A Liquid Crystals&quot;, Physical Review Letters &#039;&#039;&#039;32&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 292-295 (1974)]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0038-1098(74)90411-6 B. I. Halperin and T. C. Lubensky &quot;On the analogy between smectic a liquid crystals and superconductors&quot;, Solid State Communications  &#039;&#039;&#039;14&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 997-1001 (1974)]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Carl McBride</name></author>
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		<title>Carl McBride: Kobayashi-McMillan smectic theory moved to Nematic-smectic phase transition</title>
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		<updated>2007-11-16T10:47:16Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/SklogWiki/index.php/Kobayashi-McMillan_smectic_theory&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Kobayashi-McMillan smectic theory&quot;&gt;Kobayashi-McMillan smectic theory&lt;/a&gt; moved to &lt;a href=&quot;/SklogWiki/index.php/Nematic-smectic_phase_transition&quot; title=&quot;Nematic-smectic phase transition&quot;&gt;Nematic-smectic phase transition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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		<author><name>Carl McBride</name></author>
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		<title>Carl McBride: New page: {{Stub-general}} ==References== #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&quot;, Mo...</title>
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		<updated>2007-10-25T15:06:33Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;New page: {{Stub-general}} ==References== #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Mo...&lt;/p&gt;
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#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi &amp;quot;Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals&amp;quot;, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp. 137-148 (1971)]&lt;br /&gt;
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