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Skyrmions are the magnetic defects in an ultrathin magnetic film, similar to the bubble domains in the thicker films. Even weak uniaxial anisotropy determines its radius unambiguously. We consider the dynamics of the skyrmion decay. We show…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Ar. Abanov , V. L. Pokrovsky

The skyrmion crystal is a periodic array of a swirling topological spin texture. Since it is regarded as an interference pattern by multiple helical spin density waves, the texture changes with the relative phases among the constituent…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-12-15 Satoru Hayami , Tsuyoshi Okubo , Yukitoshi Motome

The 4-dimensional model of a massless particle with rigidity whose Lagrangian is proportional to its world-line curvature is reformulated in terms of spinor and twistor variables. We begin with a first-order Lagrangian that is equivalent to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Shinichi Deguchi , Takafumi Suzuki

Topological orbital moments can arise in non-coplanar spin structures even in the absence of spin-orbit coupling and a net topological orbital magnetization occurs for the triple-Q state and for isolated skyrmions. For atomic-scale skyrmion…

Symmetry breaking together with strong spin-orbit interaction give rise to many exciting phenomena within condensed matter physics. A recent example is the existence of chiral spin textures, which are observed in magnetic systems lacking…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-26 Wanjun Jiang , Gong Chen , Kai Liu , Jiadong Zang , Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis , Axel Hoffmann

Skyrmions, topologically stable spin textures, are of great interest for new generations of spintronic devices. In general, the stabilization of skyrmions has been achieved in systems with broken inversion symmetry, where the asymmetric…

Magnetic skyrmion crystals are topological magnetic textures arising in the chiral ferromagnetic materials with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. The magnetostatic fields generated by magnetic skyrmion crystals are first studied by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-21 Ren Qin , Yong Wang

The magnetization reversal in 330 nm triangular prismatic magnetic nanoelements with variable magnetocrystalline anisotropy similar to that of partially chemically ordered FePt is studied using micromagnetic simulations employing Finite…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Leonidas N. Gergidis , Vasileios D. Stavrou , Drosos Kourounis , Ioannis Panagiotopoulos

Using both atomistic and particle-based simulations, we investigate the current-driven dynamics of skyrmions on two-dimensional periodic substrates when there are multiple skyrmions per substrate minimum. At zero drive, the system forms…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 J. C. Bellizotti Souza , C. J. O. Reichhardt , C. Reichhardt , N. P. Vizarim , P. A. Venegas

High precision skyrmion pinning by an intentionally created magnetic structure is important in skyrmion manipulation. Here, we consider skyrmion pinning by various types of disks. Among other findings, we clarify that, in terms of pinning…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-02 X. Gong , K. Y. Jing , J. Lu , X. R. Wang

The melting and magnetic disordering of the skyrmion lattice in the quantum Hall system at filling factor $\nu\approx 1$ are studied. A Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless renormalization group theory is employed to describe the coupled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Carsten Timm , S. M. Girvin , H. A. Fertig

A discussion of the stability of self gravitating Skyrmions, with a large winding number N, in a Schwarzschild type of metric, is presented for the case where an isospin chemical potential is introduced. It turns out that the chemical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Loewe , S. Mendizabal , J. C. Rojas

The technique for representing spinors and the definition of the discrete symmetries is used to illustrate on a toy model properties of massless and massive spinors states, in the first and the second quantized picture. Since in this toy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-09-19 T. Troha , D. Lukman , N. S. Mankoc Borstnik

Using Langevin molecular dynamics simulations we study relaxation processes of interacting skyrmion systems with and without quenched disorder. Using the typical diffusion length as the time-dependent length characterizing the relaxation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-10 Barton L. Brown , Uwe C. Täuber , Michel Pleimling

Lattice formation of swirling textures is ubiquitous in solid-state materials, such as a magnetic skyrmion lattice in chiral magnets. In the magnetic skyrmion lattices, their moving states and dynamics under external perturbations are still…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-29 D. Okuyama , M. Bleuel , Q. Ye , J. Krzywon , N. Nagaosa , A. Kikkawa , Y. Taguchi , Y. Tokura , J. D. Reim , Y. Nambu , T. J. Sato

Magnetic materials can host skyrmions, which are topologically non-trivial spin textures. In chiral magnets with cubic lattice symmetry, all previously-observed skyrmion phases require thermal fluctuations to become thermodynamically stable…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-04-06 A. Chacon , L. Heinen , M. Halder , A. Bauer , W. Simeth , S. Mühlbauer , H. Berger , M. Garst , A. Rosch , C. Pfleiderer

Magnetic skyrmions are nano-sized topologically protected spin textures with particle-like properties. They can form lattices perpendicular to the magnetic field and the orientation of these skyrmion lattices with respect to the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-11-22 L. J. Bannenberg , F. Qian , R. M. Dalgliesh , N. Martin , G. Chaboussant , M. Schmidt , D. L. Schlagel , T. A. Lograsso , H. Wilhelm , C. Pappas

Skyrmions are topologically protected field configurations with particle-like properties that play important roles in various fields of science. Recently, skyrmions have been directly observed in chiral magnets. Here, we investigate the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-08-15 R. L. Silva , L. D. Secchin , W. A. Moura-Melo , A. R. Pereira , R. L. Stamps

Zitterbewegung of massless particles with an arbitrary spin is analyzed in various representations. Dynamics of the group velocity of a massless particle as a whole and of the corresponding radius vector is determined. This radius vector…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Alexander J. Silenko

The identification of general principles for stabilizing magnetic skyrmion phases in bulk materials over wide ranges of temperatures is a prerequisite to the development of skyrmion-based spintronic devices. Lacunar spinels with the formula…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-12 Daniil A. Kitchaev , Emily C. Schueller , Anton Van der Ven