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Stability of axisymmetric chiral skyrmions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2017-11-22 v1 Mathematical Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We examine topological solitons in a minimal variational model for a chiral magnet, so-called chiral skyrmions. In the regime of large background fields, we prove linear stability of axisymmetric chiral skyrmions under arbitrary perturbations in the energy space, a long-standing open question in physics literature. Moreover, we show strict local minimality of axisymmetric chiral skyrmions and nearby existence of moving soliton solution for the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation driven by a small spin transfer torque.

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@article{arxiv.1711.07717,
  title  = {Stability of axisymmetric chiral skyrmions},
  author = {Xinye Li and Christof Melcher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.07717},
  year   = {2017}
}