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Theoretical Model of Magnetic Skyrmions

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Skyrmions in Magnetic Materials

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Skyrmions were originally proposed by Tony Skyrme in the 1960s to account for the stability of hadrons in particle physics as a topological solution of the non-linear sigma model. Bogdanov and his collaborators theoretically predicted their realisation in chiral-lattice ferromagnets with finite Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction due to the lack of spatial inversion symmetry. In this chapter, an overview of theoretical aspects of magnetic skyrmions is provided.

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  1. Center for EmergentMatter Science (CEMS), RIKEN, Wako, Japan

    Shinichiro Seki

  2. Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Japan

    Masahito Mochizuki

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Seki, S., Mochizuki, M. (2016). Theoretical Model of Magnetic Skyrmions. In: Skyrmions in Magnetic Materials. SpringerBriefs in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24651-2_1

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