Late stages in the ordering of magnetic skyrmion lattices

James Stidham and Michel Pleimling
Phys. Rev. B 102, 144434 – Published 23 October 2020

Abstract

The late-stage ordering of interacting magnetic skyrmions is studied numerically through extensive Langevin molecular dynamics simulations. Defining skyrmion displacements that change the connectivity of cells obtained in a Voronoi tesselation as events, we investigate event histograms as a function of the time elapsed since preparing the system as well as the histograms of consecutive events as a function of the time separating these two events. These histograms, which provide unique insights into the transient properties during the ordering process of skyrmion matter, show a characteristic behavior that allows the Magnus-force-dominated regime, where the Magnus force accelerates the relaxation process, to be distinguished from the noise-dominated regime, where the Magnus force enhances the effects of thermal noise. In the Magnus-force-dominated regime, the different histograms display power-law tails with exponents that depend on the strength of the Magnus force.

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  • Received 5 June 2020
  • Revised 9 September 2020
  • Accepted 13 October 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144434

©2020 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsStatistical Physics & Thermodynamics

Authors & Affiliations

James Stidham1,2 and Michel Pleimling1,2,3

  • 1Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0435, USA
  • 2Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0435, USA
  • 3Academy of Integrated Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0563, USA

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Vol. 102, Iss. 14 — 1 October 2020

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