Lattice solutions in a Ginzburg-Landau model for a chiral magnet (Q2022697)

The authors investigate a model of micromagnetic pattern formation in chiral magnets, which invloves magnetization fields \(\mathbf m:\mathbb R^2\to\mathbb R^3\) that are peroidic with respect to a lattice of \(\mathbb R^2\). Interesting configurations are critical points/minimizers of an energy functional defined on the lattice's fundamental domain, \(\Omega_\Lambda\), and with energy density of the form \[ e(\mathbf m):=\frac12|\nabla \mathbf m|^2+\kappa\mathbf m\cdot(\nabla\times\mathbf m)+\frac\lambda2|\mathbf m|^2+\frac\alpha4|\mathbf m|^4+\frac\beta2(\mathbf m\cdot\hat{\mathbf e}_3)\,. \] The authors establish a criterion for the existence of a non-zero minimizing magnetization field. Furthermore, they construct critical magnetization fields \(\mathbf m_s\) bifurcating from the zero magnetization solution \(\mathbf m_0=0\) and study its stability. In particular, the stability/unstability properties of the foregoing bifurcating solutions depend on the shape of the lattice.