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Traveling antiferromagnetic domain walls in a magnetic field

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-03-18 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider an antiferromagnet in one space dimension with easy-axis anisotropy in a perpendicular magnetic field. We study propagating domain wall solutions that can have a velocity up to a maximum vcv_c. The width of the domain wall is a non-monotonic function of the velocity and it diverges to infinity at vcv_c. Both features are in contrast to the case of the Lorentz invariant model in the absence of the field. We further study the modification of the wall profile when a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction is added. Finally, we present a propagating spiral expected to form when the system is forced at a velocity higher than the maximum velocity for domain walls and we give numerical results for the effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.

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@article{arxiv.2503.12426,
  title  = {Traveling antiferromagnetic domain walls in a magnetic field},
  author = {George Theodorou and Stavros Komineas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.12426},
  year   = {2025}
}

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7 pages, 5 figures