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Hopfions are an intriguing class of string-like solitons, named according to a classical topological concept classifying three-dimensional direction fields. The search of hopfions in real physical systems is going on for nearly half a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-05 F. N. Rybakov , N. S. Kiselev , A. B. Borisov , L. Döring , C. Melcher , S. Blügel

Topological solitons have been studied for decades in classical field theories, and have started recently to impact condensed matter physics. Among those solitons, magnetic skyrmions are two-dimensional particle-like objects with a…

Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional topological solitons with non-zero Hopf index ${\cal H}$ in the vector field of material's local magnetization. In this Letter elliptical stability of hopfions with ${\cal H}=1$ in a classical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-30 Konstantin L. Metlov

Localized magnetic topological solitons with Hopf index of 1 in an unbounded bulk magnet are studied theoretically, starting with the classical micromagnetic Hamiltonian. It is shown analytically that (like Bloch and N\'eel walls in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-30 Konstantin L. Metlov

Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional localized topological solitons in the volume of a magnet. In this work, starting with a classical free energy density of a helimagnet, an approximate variational model of hopfions is studied. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Konstantin L. Metlov

Three-dimensional topological solitons attract a great deal of interest in fields ranging from particle physics to cosmology but remain experimentally elusive in solid-state magnets. Here we numerically predict magnetic heliknotons, an…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-07-28 Robert Voinescu , Jung-Shen B. Tai , Ivan I. Smalyukh

Spatial topology endows topological solitons, such as skyrmions and hopfions, with fascinating dynamics. However, the temporal dimension has so far provided a passive stage on which topological solitons evolve. Here we construct spacetime…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-17 R. Knapman , T. Tausendpfund , S. A. Díaz , K. Everschor-Sitte

3D topological solitons are marvels of mathematical physics that arise in theoretical models in elementary particle and nuclear physics, condensed matter, and cosmology. A particularly interesting type of them is described by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-07-06 Jung-Shen B. Tai , Jin-Sheng Wu , Ivan I. Smalyukh

Magnetic hopfions are string-like three-dimensional topological solitons, characterised by the Hopf invariant. They serve as a fundamental prototype for three-dimensional magnetic quasi-particles and are an inspiration for novel device…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 Moritz Sallermann , Hannes Jónsson , Stefan Blügel

Topological spin textures exhibit a hierarchical nature. For instance, magnetic skyrmions, which possess a particle-like nature, can aggregate to form superstructures such as skyrmion strings and skyrmion lattices. Magnetic hopfions are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-04 Shoya Kasai , Kotaro Shimizu , Shun Okumura , Yasuyuki Kato , Yukitoshi Motome

A magnetic Skyrmion is a stable two-dimensional nanoparticle describing a localized winding of the magnetization in certain magnetic materials. Skyrmions are the subject of intense experimental and theoretical investigation and have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Paul Sutcliffe

Paradigmatic knotted solitons, Hopfions, that are characterized by topological Hopf invariant, are widely investigated in the diverse areas ranging from high energy physics, cosmology and astrophysics to biology, magneto- and hydrodynamics…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 I. Luk'yanchuk , Y. Tikhonov , A. Razumnaya , V. M. Vinokur

e study the solitons, stabilized by spin precession in a classical two--dimensional lattice model of Heisenberg ferromagnets with non-small easy--axis anisotropy. The properties of such solitons are treated both analytically using the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 B. A. Ivanov , A. Yu. Merkulov , V. A. Stephanovich , C. E. Zaspel

Topological spin configurations, such as soliton-like spin texture and Dirac electron assemblies, have emerged in recent years in both fundamental science and technological applications. Achieving stable topological spin textures at…

Topological particle-like excitations such as skyrmions and hopfions offer rich opportunities for spintronic and photonic applications. While skyrmions have been extensively studied, the stabilization mechanisms and phase behavior of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Andrey O. Leonov , Takayuki Shigenaga

Three-dimensional topological spin textures have attracted growing interest due to their rich geometry and potential for functional magnetic phenomena. In this work, we propose the concept of symmetry-transforming magnetic models as a novel…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-19 Sandra C Shaju , Maria Azhar , Karin Everschor-Sitte

Several materials, such as ferromagnets, spinor Bose-Einstein condensates, and some topological insulators, are now believed to support knotted structures. One of the most successful base-models having stable knots is the Faddeev-Skyrme…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-01-27 J. Hietarinta , J. Palmu , J. Jäykkä , P. Pakkanen

Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin textures which have attracted intense research for their fundamentally novel physics and potential applications as spintronic information carriers. The stability which makes them so potentially useful is a…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-07 William S. Parker , Jacques A. Reddinger , Benjamin J. McMorran

We investigate a generalized non-linear O(3) $\sigma$-model in three space dimensions where the fields are maps $S^3 \mapsto S^2$. Such maps are classified by a homotopy invariant called the Hopf number which takes integer values. The model…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Jens Gladikowski , Meik Hellmund

We find exact static soliton solutions for the unit spin vector field of an inhomogeneous, anisotropic three-dimensional Heisenberg ferromagnet. Each soliton is labeled by two integers $n$ and $m$. It is a (modified) skyrmion in the $z=0$…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2023-07-06 Radha Balakrishnan , Rossen Dandoloff , Avadh Saxena
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