Boundary vortices for thin ferromagnetic films (Q1766891)

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    Boundary vortices for thin ferromagnetic films (English)
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    2 March 2005
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    Let \(\Omega\subset\mathbb R^3\) be a smooth bounded domain. This paper is mainly devoted to the study of the Landau-Lifshitz energy functional \(E(m)=\frac{d^2}{2}\int_\Omega | \nabla m| ^2\, dx+\frac 12\int_{\mathbb R^3}| \nabla u| ^2\, dx\), where \(m\in H^1(\Omega, \mathbb S^2)\), and \(\Delta u=\)div\(\,m\) in \(\mathbb R^3\), where \(m\) is extended by 0 outside \(\Omega\). By studying a renormalized version of this energy functional the author establishes various properties related to the stationary stable critical points, as well as with the solutions of the corresponding Landau-Lifshitz equation, subject to a stability condition. The proofs rely on refined elliptic estimates combined with adequate variational methods.
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    minimization problem
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    Landau-Lifshitz equation
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    thin ferromagnetic film
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    vortices
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