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We consider a lattice action which forbids large fields, and which remains invariant under smooth deformations of the field. Such a "topological" action depends on one parameter, the field cutoff, but does not have a classical continuum…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-05-24 Oscar Akerlund , Philippe de Forcrand

Magnetic helicity is a fundamental quantity of magnetohydrodynamics that carries topological information about the magnetic field. By `topological information', we usually refer to the linkage of magnetic field lines. For domains that are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 David MacTaggart , Alberto Valli

A magnetic skyrmion isusually refers to a twisted spin texture surrounded by uniformly aligned out-of-plane spinsin the background of a uniformly magnetized state. The invariance of the magnetic skyrmion conserves its topological charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 Kyoung-Woong Moon , Jungbum Yoon , Changsoo Kim , Chanyong Hwang

The topology of magnetic fields near the open-closed flux boundary in the Sun's corona is an important influencing factor in the process of interchange reconnection, whereby plasma is exchanged between open and closed flux domains. Maps of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Roger B. Scott , David I. Pontin , Anthony R. Yeates , Peter F. Wyper

Consider a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary endowed with a magnetic field. A path taken by a particle of unit charge, mass, and energy is called a magnetic geodesic. It is shown that if everything is real-analytic, the topology,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-23 Pilar Herreros , James Vargo

Magnetic flux freezing states that, in ideal magnetohydrodynamics, magnetic flux is transported by the flow and magnetic field lines remain frozen into the plasma. In turbulent plasmas, however, the velocity and magnetic fields are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Amir Jafari

The study of band topology in photonic crystals was primarily focused on near-field effects, including edge states and high order corner states. However, this work investigated the polarization distribution of radiated fields for photonic…

Optics · Physics 2024-08-27 Zhang Jiawei , Liu Andong , Wang Jin , Dong Zheng-Gao

Ideal MHD relaxation is the topology-conserving reconfiguration of a magnetic field into a lower energy state where the net force is zero. This is achieved by modeling the plasma as perfectly conducting viscous fluid. It is an important…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-26 Christopher Berg Smiet , Simon Candelaresi , Dirk Bouwmeester

We study a simple magnetic system composed of periodically modulated magnetic dipoles with an easy axis. Upon adjusting the modulation amplitude alone, chains and two-dimensional stacked chains exhibit a rich magnon spectrum where frequency…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-09 Paula Mellado

We present a simple method to efficiently compute a lower limit of the topological entropy and its spatial distribution for two-dimensional mappings. These mappings could represent either two-dimensional time-periodic fluid flows or…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-19 Simon Candelaresi , David Ian Pontin , Gunnar Hornig

Context: The context of this paper is buoyant toroidal magnetic flux ropes, which is a part of flux tube dynamo theory and the framework of solar-like magnetic activity. Aims: The aim is to investigate how twisted magnetic flux ropes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 S. B. F. Dorch

This paper considers the topological degree of $G$-shifts of finite type for the case where $G$ is a nonabelian monoid. Whenever the Cayley graph of $G$ has a finite representation and the relationships among the generators of $G$ are…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-08-27 Jung-Chao Ban , Chih-Hung Chang , Nai-Zhu Huang

We analytically evaluate the currents in a planar-holed ideal (perfect magnetic shielding) superconductor when an axial dipole is located along the system's axis, obtaining a simple relation between the fluxoid (in this geometry, it equals…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Jaume Cunill-Subiranas , Natanael Bort-Soldevila , Nuria Del-Valle , Carles Navau

Band topology is both constrained and enriched by the presence of symmetry. The importance of anti-unitary symmetries such as time reversal was recognized early on leading to the classification of topological band structures based on the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-14 A. Corticelli , R. Moessner , P. A. McClarty

Magnetic field are transported and tangled by turbulence, even as they lose identity due to nonideal or resistive effects. On balance field lines undergo stretch-twist-fold processes. The curvature field, a scalar that measures the tangling…

Steady fluid flows have very special topology. In this paper we describe necessary and sufficient conditions on the vorticity function of a 2D ideal flow on a surface with or without boundary, for which there exists a steady flow among…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-11-19 Anton Izosimov , Boris Khesin

Knots and links play a crucial role in understanding topology and discreteness in nature. In magnetic systems, twisted, knotted and braided vortex tubes manifest as Skyrmions, Hopfions, or screw dislocations. These complex textures are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-12 Maria Azhar , Sandra C. Shaju , Ross Knapman , Alessandro Pignedoli , Karin Everschor-Sitte

Topological defects play a critical role across many fields, mediating phase transitions and macroscopic behaviors as they move through space. Their role as robust information carriers has also generated much attention. However, controlling…

Many phenomena in the Sun's atmosphere are magnetic in nature and study of the atmospheric magnetic field plays an important part in understanding these phenomena. Tools to study solar magnetic fields include magnetic topology and features…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 D. T. Lee , D. S. Brown

An electron moving in a magnetically ordered background feels an effective magnetic field that can be both stronger and more rapidly varying than typical externally applied fields. One consequence is that insulating magnetic materials in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Joel E. Moore , Ying Ran , Xiao-Gang Wen