On the geometry of magnetic skyrmions on thin films

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2020.103802zbMATH Open1453.82092arXiv1908.08428OpenAlexW3039576328MaRDI QIDQ2197175FDOQ2197175

Authors: Edward Walton 

Publication date: 28 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the recently introduced 'critically coupled' model of magnetic Skyrmions, generalising it to thin films with curved geometry. The model feels keenly the extrinsic geometry of the film in three-dimensional space. We find exact Skyrmion solutions on spherical, conical and cylindrical thin films. Axially symmetric solutions on cylindrical films are described by kinks tunnelling between 'vacua'. For the model defined on general compact thin films, we prove the existence of energy minimising multi-Skyrmion solutions and construct the (resolved) moduli space of these solutions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08428

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zbMATH Keywords

exact solutionsmoduli spacescurved surfacesBPS solitonsmagnetic skyrmions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) Soliton equations (35Q51) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40)

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• Moduli space with a boundary
• Geometry of gauged skyrmions
• The relation between the radii and the densities of magnetic skyrmions
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• Solvable models of magnetic skyrmions
• Magnetic skyrmions at critical coupling
• Vortex counting and the quantum Hall effect

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