{"record_type":"pith_number_record","schema_url":"https://pith.science/schemas/pith-number/v1.json","pith_number":"pith:2013:RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD","short_pith_number":"pith:RERBMRHN","schema_version":"1.0","canonical_sha256":"89221644edf3f4a36d1d8f574f962ea8cc6f4d7b8a4584d6c3136698a1471460","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"1311.4593","version":1},"attestation_state":"computed","paper":{"title":"Elastic monopoles and external torques in nematic liquid crystal colloids","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cond-mat.soft","authors_text":"B.I.Lev, O. M. Tovkach, S. B. Chernyshuk","submitted_at":"2013-11-19T00:07:15Z","abstract_excerpt":"Up to now it is commonly believed that a colloidal particle suspended in a nematic liquid crystal never produces elastic monopoles because this violates the mechanical equilibrium condition. And the only way to obtain deformations of director field falling off with distance as r^{-1} is to exert an external torque \\Gamma_{ext} on the colloid \\cite{de_Gennes}. In this paper we demonstrate that this statement is not quite correct and elastic monopoles, as well as dipoles and quadrupoles, can be induced without any external influence just by the particle itself. A behavior of a spherical colloida"},"verification_status":{"content_addressed":true,"pith_receipt":true,"author_attested":false,"weak_author_claims":0,"strong_author_claims":0,"externally_anchored":false,"storage_verified":false,"citation_signatures":0,"replication_records":0,"graph_snapshot":true,"references_resolved":false,"formal_links_present":false},"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"1311.4593","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"metadata":{"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"cond-mat.soft","submitted_at":"2013-11-19T00:07:15Z","cross_cats_sorted":[],"title_canon_sha256":"2b24d7d57efe03aa4fc06f1808a234b16e803f53682920756a29dc9786d337e1","abstract_canon_sha256":"1133adc3f725fd91522b3bacaa3881e1542ec4e6d9cc14beae47f8245d39aedb"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-05-18T03:06:43.913213Z","signature_b64":"59O9d4n3j61HWZWt4dplASX7tANQ8xJgcjj069xf+iUnIO6ZowCWgpB1FmhVrQJZEO9eAvENwlpHTosqzoUFDg==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"89221644edf3f4a36d1d8f574f962ea8cc6f4d7b8a4584d6c3136698a1471460","last_reissued_at":"2026-05-18T03:06:43.912622Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-05-18T03:06:43.912622Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"Elastic monopoles and external torques in nematic liquid crystal colloids","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cond-mat.soft","authors_text":"B.I.Lev, O. M. Tovkach, S. B. Chernyshuk","submitted_at":"2013-11-19T00:07:15Z","abstract_excerpt":"Up to now it is commonly believed that a colloidal particle suspended in a nematic liquid crystal never produces elastic monopoles because this violates the mechanical equilibrium condition. And the only way to obtain deformations of director field falling off with distance as r^{-1} is to exert an external torque \\Gamma_{ext} on the colloid \\cite{de_Gennes}. In this paper we demonstrate that this statement is not quite correct and elastic monopoles, as well as dipoles and quadrupoles, can be induced without any external influence just by the particle itself. A behavior of a spherical colloida"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1311.4593","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"1311.4593","created_at":"2026-05-18T03:06:43.912721+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"1311.4593v1","created_at":"2026-05-18T03:06:43.912721+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.1311.4593","created_at":"2026-05-18T03:06:43.912721+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"RERBMRHN6P2K","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:27:57.521954+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:27:57.521954+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"RERBMRHN","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:27:57.521954+00:00"}],"events":[],"event_summary":{},"paper_claims":[],"inbound_citations":{"count":0,"internal_anchor_count":0,"sample":[]},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"sample":[],"anchors":[]},"links":{"html":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD","json":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD.json","graph_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/graph.json","events_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/events.json","paper":"https://pith.science/paper/RERBMRHN"},"agent_actions":{"view_html":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD","download_json":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD.json","view_paper":"https://pith.science/paper/RERBMRHN","resolve_alias":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/resolve?arxiv=1311.4593&json=true","fetch_graph":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/graph.json","fetch_events":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/events.json","actions":{"anchor_timestamp":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/action/timestamp_anchor","attest_storage":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/action/storage_attestation","attest_author":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/action/author_attestation","sign_citation":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/action/citation_signature","submit_replication":"https://pith.science/pith/RERBMRHN6P2KG3I5R5LU7FROVD/action/replication_record"}},"created_at":"2026-05-18T03:06:43.912721+00:00","updated_at":"2026-05-18T03:06:43.912721+00:00"}