Abstract
An experiment is performed in which a topological line defect (S=-(1/2)) is forced to move with constant speed c under the action of an applied voltage V. We argue that the line speed is determined by a competition between the viscous damping and the free energy that the system gains by displacing the line, so that c=βV, with β=1/2γb(K/π and b a number ∼1 determined only by viscous effects close to the core of the defect.
- Received 16 October 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.222
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