A reduced model for domain walls in soft ferromagnetic films at the cross-over from symmetric to asymmetric wall types

DOI10.4171/JEMS/464zbMATH Open1301.49124arXiv1309.2494MaRDI QIDQ461276FDOQ461276

Authors: Lukas Döring, Radu Ignat, Felix Otto 

Publication date: 10 October 2014

Published in: Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the Landau-Lifshitz model for the energy of multi-scale transition layers -- called "domain walls" -- in soft ferromagnetic films. Domain walls separate domains of constant magnetization vectors $m^{p}minmathbb{S}^2$ that differ by an angle $2alpha$. Assuming translation invariance tangential to the wall, our main result is the rigorous derivation of a reduced model for the energy of the optimal transition layer, which in a certain parameter regime confirms the experimental, numerical and physical predictions: The minimal energy splits into a contribution from an asymmetric, divergence-free core which performs a partial rotation in $mathbb{S}^2$ by an angle $2heta$, and a contribution from two symmetric, logarithmically decaying tails, each of which completes the rotation from angle $heta$ to $alpha$ in $mathbb{S}^1$. The angle $heta$ is chosen such that the total energy is minimal. The contribution from the symmetric tails is known explicitly, while the contribution from the asymmetric core is analyzed in [7]. Our reduced model is the starting point for the analysis of a bifurcation phenomenon from symmetric to asymmetric domain walls. Moreover, it allows for capturing asymmetric domain walls including their extended tails (which were previously inaccessible to brute-force numerical simulation).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.2494

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zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergencebifurcationconcentration-compactnessmicromagneticstransition layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electro- and magnetostatics (78A30) Bifurcations in context of PDEs (35B32) Pattern formations in context of PDEs (35B36) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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