Domain-wall free energy in Heisenberg ferromagnets

被引:5
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作者
Sangiorgio, Boris [1 ]
Michaels, Thomas C. T. [2 ]
Pescia, Danilo [3 ]
Vindigni, Alessandro [3 ]
机构
[1] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Mat, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Cambridge CB2 1EW, England
[3] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Solid State Phys Lab, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
SINGLE-CHAIN MAGNETS; STATISTICAL-MECHANICS; PHASE-DIAGRAM; DRIVEN; MOTION; DYNAMICS; SURFACE; FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; EXCITATION;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.89.014429
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We consider Gaussian fluctuations about domain walls embedded in one-or two-dimensional spin lattices. Analytic expressions for the free energy of one domain wall are obtained. From these, the temperature dependence of experimentally relevant spatial scales-i.e., the correlation length for spin chains and the size of magnetic domains for thin films magnetized out of plane-are deduced. Stability of chiral order inside domain walls against thermal fluctuations is also discussed.
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