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Hydrodynamics of three-dimensional skyrmions in frustrated magnets

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2019-08-28 v1

Abstract

We study the nucleation and collective dynamics of Shankar skyrmions [R. Shankar, Journal de Physique 38, 1405 (1977)] in the class of frustrated magnetic systems described by an SO(3) order parameter, including multi-lattice antiferromagnets and amorphous magnets. We infer the expression for the spin-transfer torque that injects skyrmion charge into the system and the Onsager-reciprocal pumping force that enables its detection by electrical means. The thermally-assisted flow of topological charge gives rise to an algebraically decaying drag signal in nonlocal transport measurements. We contrast our findings to analogous effects mediated by spin supercurrents.

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@article{arxiv.1901.01208,
  title  = {Hydrodynamics of three-dimensional skyrmions in frustrated magnets},
  author = {Ricardo Zarzuela and Héctor Ochoa and Yaroslav Tserkovnyak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.01208},
  year   = {2019}
}

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