Universal current-velocity relation of skyrmion motion in chiral magnets

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Iwasaki, Junichi ^a   Mochizuki, Masahito ^b   Nagaosa, Naoto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MICROSCOPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FORCE; LANDAU LIFSHITZ GILBERT EQUATION; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOTION; SIMULATION; SKYRMION MOTION; THIELE EQUATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 84874594072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2442     Document Type: Article

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