The cubic Schrödinger regime of the Landau-Lifshitz equation with a strong easy-axis anisotropy (Q1998709)

Summary: We pursue our work on the asymptotic regimes of the Landau-Lifshitz equation. We put the focus on the cubic Schrödinger equation, which is known to describe the dynamics of uniaxial ferromagnets in a regime of strong easy-axis anisotropy. In any dimension, we rigorously prove this claim for solutions with sufficient regularity. In this regime, we additionally classify the one-dimensional solitons of the Landau-Lifshitz equation and quantify their convergence towards the solitons of the one-dimensional cubic Schrödinger equation. Our proof is based on a nonlinear rewriting of the Landau-Lifshitz equation for uniaxial ferromagnets as a nonlinear Schrödinger equation. This latter equation turns out to be consistent with the cubic Schrödinger equation in a regime of strong easy-axis anisotropy. We rely on this consistency to perform suitable energy estimates and then control the difference between the solutions of the two equations.