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Dynamics of magnetization on the topological surface

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-11-20 v1

Abstract

We investigate theoretically the dynamics of magnetization coupled to the surface Dirac fermions of a three dimensional topological insulator, by deriving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation in the presence of charge current. Both the inverse spin-Galvanic effect and the Gilbert damping coefficient α\alpha are related to the two-dimensional diagonal conductivity σxx\sigma_{xx} of the Dirac fermion, while the Berry phase of the ferromagnetic moment to the Hall conductivity σxy\sigma_{xy}. The spin transfer torque and the so-called β\beta-terms are shown to be negligibly small. Anomalous behaviors in various phenomena including the ferromagnetic resonance are predicted in terms of this LLG equation.

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@article{arxiv.1003.3769,
  title  = {Dynamics of magnetization on the topological surface},
  author = {Takehito Yokoyama and Jiadong Zang and Naoto Nagaosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.3769},
  year   = {2014}
}

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4+ pages, 1 figure

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