The profile of chiral skyrmions of small radius

DOI10.1088/1361-6544/AB81EBzbMATH Open1440.82011arXiv1904.01408OpenAlexW3105637710MaRDI QIDQ5113323FDOQ5113323

Authors: Christof Melcher, Stephanos Venakides, Stavros Komineas 

Publication date: 4 June 2020

Published in: Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Chiral skyrmions are stable particle-like solutions of the Landau-Lifshitz equation for ferromagnets with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction, characterized by a topological number. We study the profile of an axially symmetric skyrmion and give exact formulas for the solution of the corresponding far-field and near-field equations, in the asymptotic limit of small DM parameter (alternatively large anisotropy). The matching of these two fields leads to a formula for the skyrmion radius as a function of the DM parameter. The derived solutions show the different length scales which are present in the skyrmion profiles. The picture is thus created of a chiral skyrmion that is born out of a Belavin-Polyakov solution with an infinitesimally small radius, as the DM parameter is increased from zero. The skyrmion retains the Belavin-Polyakov profile over and well-beyond the core before it assumes an exponential decay; the profile of an axially-symmetric Belavin-Polyakov solution of unit degree plays the role of the universal core profile of chiral skyrmions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.01408

Recommendations

• Chiral magnetic skyrmions across length scales
• Chiral skyrmions of large radius
• Co-rotational chiral magnetic skyrmions near harmonic maps
• Chiral skyrmions in the plane
• Stability of axisymmetric chiral skyrmions

zbMATH Keywords

Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactionmicromagneticsmagnetic skyrmion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B15) Soliton equations (35Q51) PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40)

Cites Work

• Inequalities on the Lambert \(W\) function and hyperpower function
• Topology and dynamics in ferromagnetic media
• Stability of axisymmetric chiral skyrmions
• Chiral skyrmions in the plane
• Compactness results for static and dynamic chiral skyrmions near the conformal limit

Cited In (6)

• Chiral magnetic skyrmions across length scales
• Chiral skyrmions of large radius
• The relation between the radii and the densities of magnetic skyrmions
• A quantitative description of skyrmions in ultrathin ferromagnetic films and rigidity of degree \(\pm 1\) harmonic maps from \(\mathbb{R}^2\) to \(\mathbb{S}^2\)
• Lattice solutions in a Ginzburg-Landau model for a chiral magnet
• IMPROVED APPROXIMATE PROFILE FUNCTION OF HEDGEHOG SKYRMION

This page was built for publication: The profile of chiral skyrmions of small radius

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5113323)