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Field-Like spin-transfer torque in a chiral helimagnet

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Based on the microscopic model of sd coupling between free electrons and local moments, we present a quantum calculation of a nonadiabatic spin-transfer torque in a chiral helimagnet.

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  1. Ural State University, Yekaterinburg, 620083, Russia

    I. V. Proskurin & A. S. Ovchinnikov

  2. Kyushu Institute of Technology Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, 804-8550, Japan

    Jun-ichiro Kishine

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Proskurin, I.V., Ovchinnikov, A.S. & Kishine, Ji. Field-Like spin-transfer torque in a chiral helimagnet. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 111, 236–240 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776110080133

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