Do the magnetic hopfions have tails?
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2026-02-25 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Abstract
Magnetic hopfions in chiral magnets are topological solitons, localized in three dimensions. But is their localization strong? To address this question we derive an asymptotic expansion for the isolated hopfion's spatial profile. It becomes starting point for a simple analytical model, which is asymptotically correct both near the hopfion center and far away from it. Region of equilibrium hopfions on the phase diagram of a helimagnet is computed and material requirements for supporting movable isolated magnetic hopfions on uniform background are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.21121,
title = {Do the magnetic hopfions have tails?},
author = {Konstantin L. Metlov and Maksim M. Gordei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.21121},
year = {2026}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures