Vortices in thin ferromagnetic films and the skyrmion number

O. A. Tretiakov and O. Tchernyshyov
Phys. Rev. B 75, 012408 – Published 23 January 2007

Abstract

We point out that a peculiar annihilation of a vortex-antivortex pair observed numerically by Hertel and Schneider [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 177202 (2006)] represents the formation and a subsequent decay of a skyrmion.

  • Received 20 November 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.012408

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

O. A. Tretiakov and O. Tchernyshyov

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA

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Vol. 75, Iss. 1 — 1 January 2007

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