Existence of higher degree minimizers in the magnetic skyrmion problem

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Auteurs principaux: Muratov, Cyrill B., Simon, Theresa M., Slastikov, Valeriy V.
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author Muratov, Cyrill B.
Simon, Theresa M.
Slastikov, Valeriy V.
author_facet Muratov, Cyrill B.
Simon, Theresa M.
Slastikov, Valeriy V.
contents We demonstrate existence of topologically nontrivial energy minimizing maps of a given positive degree from bounded domains in the plane to $\mathbb S^2$ in a variational model describing magnetizations in ultrathin ferromagnetic films with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Our strategy is to insert tiny truncated Belavin-Polyakov profiles in carefully chosen locations of lower degree objects such that the total energy increase lies strictly below the expected Dirichlet energy contribution, ruling out loss of degree in the limits of minimizing sequences. The argument requires that the domain be either sufficiently large or sufficiently slender to accommodate a prescribed degree. We also show that these higher degree minimizers concentrate on point-like skyrmionic configurations in a suitable parameter regime.
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spellingShingle Existence of higher degree minimizers in the magnetic skyrmion problem
Muratov, Cyrill B.
Simon, Theresa M.
Slastikov, Valeriy V.
Analysis of PDEs
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Mathematical Physics
Pattern Formation and Solitons
58E15, 49S05, 35J57, 35Q99
We demonstrate existence of topologically nontrivial energy minimizing maps of a given positive degree from bounded domains in the plane to $\mathbb S^2$ in a variational model describing magnetizations in ultrathin ferromagnetic films with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Our strategy is to insert tiny truncated Belavin-Polyakov profiles in carefully chosen locations of lower degree objects such that the total energy increase lies strictly below the expected Dirichlet energy contribution, ruling out loss of degree in the limits of minimizing sequences. The argument requires that the domain be either sufficiently large or sufficiently slender to accommodate a prescribed degree. We also show that these higher degree minimizers concentrate on point-like skyrmionic configurations in a suitable parameter regime.
title Existence of higher degree minimizers in the magnetic skyrmion problem
topic Analysis of PDEs
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Mathematical Physics
Pattern Formation and Solitons
58E15, 49S05, 35J57, 35Q99
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07205