Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We present a simple model of a Bloch line in a thin-film ferromagnet with strong easy-axis and intermediate in-plane anisotropies. The meron is represented as a charged, massless particle that slides along the linear domain wall in a background magnetic field- a gyroscopic bead on a string. Its gyroscopic behavior dynamically isolates the wall segments on either side of the meron, motivating the model for a Bloch line as two strings joined at a moving boundary. The meron clamps the wall at this junction, completely reflecting low-amplitude spin waves that propagate along it. Out-of-plane and in-plane magnetic fields and spin-transfer torques then act in two ways: by exerting a force on the Bloch line itself, or by driving the wall as a whole. Predictions of this model are in agreement with numerical simulations.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Hoffmann, Jake, Tchernyshyov, Oleg
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7220658367