Dynamics of domain walls in magnetic nanostrips

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2008-03-28
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American Physical Society
Abstract
We express the dynamics of domain walls in ferromagnetic nanowires in terms of collective coordinates, generalizing Thiele[psila]s steady-state results. For weak external perturbations the dynamics is dominated by a few soft modes. The general approach is illustrated on the example of a vortex wall relevant to recent experiments with flat nanowires. A two-mode approximation gives a quantitatively accurate description of both the steady viscous motion of the wall in weak magnetic fields and its oscillatory behavior in moderately high fields above the Walker breakdown.
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collective coordinates, Thiele steady-state, weak external perturbations, soft modes, nanowires, magnetic domain walls, ferromagnetic materials, vortex wall, steady viscous motion, Walker breakdown
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Physical Review Letters 28 March 2008, vol.100, no.12, pp. 127204-1-4