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A general approach allowing to find the analytical expressions for equilibrium magnetic structures in small and flat magnetic nano-sized cylinders of arbitrary shape made of soft magnetic material is presented. The resulting magnetization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Konstantin L. Metlov

A numerical simulation utilizing a box_tree code is used to investigate the structure and vertical mode spectrum of finite two-dimensional (2D) plasma crystals. The overall structural symmetry of the system is examined for various Debye…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-07-01 Ke Qiao , Truell Hyde

We report solutions for stable compound solitons in a three-dimensional quasi-phase-matched photonic crystal with the quadratic ($\chi ^{(2)}$) nonlinearity. The photonic crystal is introduced with a checkerboard structure, which can be…

We consider the phase behavior of two-dimensional ($2D$)system of particles with an isotropic core-softened potential introduced in our previous publications. As one can expect from the qualitative consideration for the three dimensional…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-18 D. E. Dudalov , Yu. D. Fomin , E. N. Tsiok , V. N. Ryzhov

We report our observations that the baby-Skyrme model in (2+1) dimensions possesses non-topological stationary solutions which we call pseudo-breathers. We discuss their properties and present our results on their interaction with the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Piette , W. J. Zakrzewski

Metal oxides such as VO$_2$ undergo structural transitions to low-symmetry phases characterized by intricate crystalline order, accompanied by rich electronic behavior. We derive a minimal ionic Hamiltonian based on symmetry and local…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-07-28 Timothy Lovorn , Sanjoy K. Sarker

We consider an off-lattice liquid crystal pair potential in strictly two dimensions. The potential is purely repulsive and short-ranged. Nevertheless, by means of a single parameter in the potential, the system is shown to undergo a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-07-17 H. H. Wensink , R. L. C. Vink

We study fractional Skyrmions in a $\mathbb{C}P^2$ baby Skyrme model with a generalization of the easy-plane potential. By numerical methods, we find stable, metastable, and unstable solutions taking the shapes of molecules. Various…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-08 Yutaka Akagi , Yuki Amari , Sven Bjarke Gudnason , Muneto Nitta , Yakov Shnir

Two-dimensional polar liquid crystals have been discovered recently in monolayers of anisotropic molecules. Here, we provide a systematic theoretical description of liquid-crystalline phases for polar particles in two spatial dimensions.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-01-28 Raphael Wittkowski , Hartmut Löwen , Helmut R. Brand

We introduce a Skyrme type, four dimensional Euclidean field theory made of a triplet of scalar fields n, taking values on the sphere S^2, and an additional real scalar field phi, which is dynamical only on a three dimensional surface…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 L. A. Ferreira

We construct a variety of novel localized states with distinct topological structures in the 3D discrete nonlinear Schr{\"{o}}dinger equation. The states can be created in Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in strong optical lattices, and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-12-10 R. Carretero-Gonzalez , P. G. Kevrekidis , B. A. Malomed , D. J. Frantzeskakis

The BPS Skyrme model is a model containing an $SU(2)$-valued scalar field, in which a Bogomol'nyi-type inequality can be satisfied by soliton solutions. In this model, the energy density of static configurations is the sum of the square of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-26 Árpád Lukács

Skyrmions are topological solitons in two-dimensional systems and have been observed in various physical systems. Generating and controlling skyrmions in artificial resonator arrays lead to novel acoustic, photonic, and electric devices,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Hiroshi Yamaguchi , Daiki Hatanaka , Motoki Asano

We investigate the existence of self-dual solitons with internal structure in a gauged $O(3)$ nonlinear sigma model immersed in a dielectric medium generated by a real scalar field (dubbed the source field). We consider rotationally…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-14 Rodolfo Casana , André C. Santos , M. L. Dias

An unified approximated solution for symmetric Skyrmions was proposed for the SU(2) Skyrme model for baryon numbers up to 8,which take the hybrid form of a kink-like solution and that given by the instanton method. The Skyrmion profiles are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-31 Duo-Jie Jia , Xiao-Wei Wang

Despite the recent progress on two-dimensional multilayer materials (2DMM) with weak interlayer interactions, the investigation on 2DMM with strong interlayer interactions is far from its sufficiency. Here we report on first-principles…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-26 Zhi-Xin Guo , Yue-Yu Zhang , Hongjun Xiang , Xin-Gao Gong , Atsushi Oshiyama

Magnetic skyrmions in chiral magnets are nanoscale, topologically-protected magnetization swirls that are promising candidates for spintronics memory carriers. Therefore, observing and manipulating the skyrmion state on the surface level of…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-06-06 S. L. Zhang , A. Bauer , D. M. Burn , P. Milde , E. Neuber , L. M. Eng , H. Berger , C. Pfleiderer , G. van der Laan , T. Hesjedal

Magnetic skyrmion textures are realized mainly in non-centrosymmetric, e.g. chiral or polar, magnets. Extending the field to centrosymmetric bulk materials is a rewarding challenge, where the released helicity / vorticity degree of freedom…

Polar topological textures in low-dimensional ferroelectrics have emerged as a versatile platform for high-density information storage and neuromorphic computing. While low-order topological states, such as vortices and skyrmions, have been…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-12 Kefan Liu , Yuhui Huang , Xiangwei Guo , Yongjun Wu , Juan Li , Zijian Hong

Two kinds of configurations involving steps on surfaces are reviewed. The first one results from an initially planar vicinal surface, i.e. slightly deviating from a high-symmetry (001) or (111) orientation. In some cases, these surfaces…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anna Chame , Sylvie Rousset , Hans P. Bonzel , Jacques Villain