Small-angle neutron scattering signatures of magnetic hopfions

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Main Authors: Metlov, Konstantin L., Michels, Andreas
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Published: 2024
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author Metlov, Konstantin L.
Michels, Andreas
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Michels, Andreas
contents Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional localized magnetic topological solitons which can exist in the bulk of magnetic materials. Based on a Ritz model for magnetic hopfions in a chiral magnet, the unpolarized magnetic small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) cross section, the spin-flip scattering cross section, and the chiral function (characterizing the imbalance between the two spin-flip scattering amplitudes) are computed here analytically; while the real-space correlation function is obtained numerically. Features of these functions, specific to magnetic hopfions, are discussed. Our results enable the SANS method to be used for the detection of magnetic hopfions.
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spellingShingle Small-angle neutron scattering signatures of magnetic hopfions
Metlov, Konstantin L.
Michels, Andreas
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional localized magnetic topological solitons which can exist in the bulk of magnetic materials. Based on a Ritz model for magnetic hopfions in a chiral magnet, the unpolarized magnetic small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) cross section, the spin-flip scattering cross section, and the chiral function (characterizing the imbalance between the two spin-flip scattering amplitudes) are computed here analytically; while the real-space correlation function is obtained numerically. Features of these functions, specific to magnetic hopfions, are discussed. Our results enable the SANS method to be used for the detection of magnetic hopfions.
title Small-angle neutron scattering signatures of magnetic hopfions
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17998