Topological order generated by random field in a 2D exchange model
Abstract
We study a 2D exchange model with a weak static random field on lattices containing over one hundred million spins. Ferromagnetic correlations persist on the Imry-Ma scale inversely proportional to the random-field strength and decay exponentially at greater distances. We find that the average energy of the correlated area is close to the ground-state energy of a skyrmion, while the topological charge of the area is close to . Correlation function of the topological charge density exhibits oscillations with a period determined by the ferromagnetic correlation length, while its Fourier transform exhibits a maximum. These findings suggest that static randomness transforms a 2D ferromagnetic state into a skyrmion-antiskyrmion glass.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1803.09117,
title = {Topological order generated by random field in a 2D exchange model},
author = {E. M. Chudnovsky and D. A. Garanin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.09117},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures