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Stable topological textures in a classical 2D Heisenberg model

Statistical Mechanics 2015-05-13 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

We show that stable localized topological soliton textures (skyrmions) with π2\pi_2 topological charge ν1\nu \geq 1 exist in a classical 2D Heisenberg model of a ferromagnet with uniaxial anisotropy. For this model the soliton exist only if the number of bound magnons exceeds some threshold value NcrN_{\rm cr} depending on ν\nu and the effective anisotropy constant KeffK_{\rm eff}. We define soliton phase diagram as the dependence of threshold energies and bound magnons number on anisotropy constant. The phase boundary lines are monotonous for both ν=1\nu=1 and ν>2\nu >2, while the solitons with ν=2\nu=2 reveal peculiar nonmonotonous behavior, determining the transition regime from low to high topological charges. In particular, the soliton energy per topological charge (topological energy density) achieves a minimum neither for ν=1\nu=1 nor high charges, but rather for intermediate values ν=2\nu=2 or ν=3\nu=3.

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@article{arxiv.0901.2707,
  title  = {Stable topological textures in a classical 2D Heisenberg model},
  author = {E. G. Galkina and E. V. Kirichenko and B. A. Ivanov and V. A. Stephanovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.2707},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures

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