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Title: Thermal collapse of a skyrmion

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Thermal collapse of an isolated skyrmion on a two-dimensional spin lattice has been investigated. The method is based upon solution of the system of stochastic Landau-Lifshitz equations for up to 104 spins. The recently developed pulse-noise algorithm has been used for the stochastic component of the equations. The collapse rate follows the Arrhenius law. Analytical formulas derived within a continuous spin-field model support numerically-obtained values of the energy barrier. The pre-exponential factor is independent of the phenomenological damping constant that implies that the skyrmion is overcoming the energy barrier due to the energy exchange with the rest of the spin system. Our findings agree with experiments, as well as with recent numerical results obtained by other methods.

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  1. City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States)
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City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1593707
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1567934
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-93ER45487; DEFG02-93ER45487
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 126; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; skyrmion; thermal collapse; stochastic model

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Derras-Chouk, Amel, Chudnovsky, Eugene M., and Garanin, Dmitry A. Thermal collapse of a skyrmion. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5109728.
Derras-Chouk, Amel, Chudnovsky, Eugene M., & Garanin, Dmitry A. Thermal collapse of a skyrmion. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5109728
Derras-Chouk, Amel, Chudnovsky, Eugene M., and Garanin, Dmitry A. Thu . "Thermal collapse of a skyrmion". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5109728. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1593707.
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title = {Thermal collapse of a skyrmion},
author = {Derras-Chouk, Amel and Chudnovsky, Eugene M. and Garanin, Dmitry A.},
abstractNote = {Thermal collapse of an isolated skyrmion on a two-dimensional spin lattice has been investigated. The method is based upon solution of the system of stochastic Landau-Lifshitz equations for up to 104 spins. The recently developed pulse-noise algorithm has been used for the stochastic component of the equations. The collapse rate follows the Arrhenius law. Analytical formulas derived within a continuous spin-field model support numerically-obtained values of the energy barrier. The pre-exponential factor is independent of the phenomenological damping constant that implies that the skyrmion is overcoming the energy barrier due to the energy exchange with the rest of the spin system. Our findings agree with experiments, as well as with recent numerical results obtained by other methods.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5109728},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 8,
volume = 126,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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