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The emergence of magnetic skyrmions

Alexei N. Bogdanov, C. Panagopoulos

2020Physics Today31 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The nanometer-scale localized objects share a nonlinear mathematical framework with systems from water waves to elementary particles.

Topics & Concepts

SkyrmionConnection (principal bundle)PhysicsTheoretical physicsNarrativeRotational symmetryClassical mechanicsCondensed matter physicsPhilosophyMathematicsGeometryMechanicsLinguisticsMagnetic properties of thin filmsTheoretical and Computational PhysicsPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism