Overview
- Focusses on the modern approach of topological phenomena in spin-orbit systems
- Accessible to newcomers to the field
- Written by an expert in this field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 278)
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This book summarizes some of the most exciting theoretical developments in the topological phenomena of skyrmions in noncentrosymmetric magnetic systems over recent decades. After presenting pedagogical backgrounds to the Berry phase and homotopy theory, the author systematically discusses skyrmions in the order of their development, from the Ginzburg-Landau theory, CP1 theory, Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert theory, and Monte Carlo numerical approaches. Modern topics, such as the skyrmion-electron interaction, skyrmion-magnon interaction, and various generation mechanisms of the skyrmion are examined with a focus on their general theoretical aspects. The book concludes with a chapter on the skyrmion phenomena in the cold atom context. The topics are presented at a level accessible to beginning graduate students without a substantial background in field theory. The book can also be used as a text for those who wish to engage in the physics of skyrmions in magnetic systems, or as an introduction to the various theoretical methods used in studying current condensed-matter systems.
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Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea 440-746
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Skyrmions in Condensed Matter
Authors: Jung Hoon Han
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69246-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69244-9Published: 29 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88741-8Published: 23 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69246-3Published: 09 October 2017
Series ISSN: 0081-3869
Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 177
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films