Title: Topological Aspects of Solitons in Ferromagnets
Abstract: Two kinds of topological soliton (skyrmion and magnetic vortex ring) in ferromagnets are studied. They have the common topological origin, a tensor Hαβ = · (∂α × ∂β), which describes the non-trivial distribution of local orientation of magnetization at large distances in space. The topological stability of skyrmion is protected by the winding number. Knot-like topological defect as magnetic vortex rings is also studied. On the assumption that magnetic vortex rings are geometric lines, we present their δ-function distribution in ferromagnetic materials. Furthermore, it is briefly shown that Hopf invariant is a proper topological invariant to describe the topology of magnetic vortex rings.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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