We study theoretically static structure and annihilation dynamics of edge dislocations in a smectic-A liquid crystal confined to a plan-parallel cell. The Landau-Ginzburg type phenomenological approach is used in terms of a complex order parameter. We investigate a structure of an isolated dislocation that is enforced by boundary conditions. We further follow the annihilation dynamics of a pair of dislocations into a defectless state.
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