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Soliton dynamics in planar ferromagnets and anti-ferromagnets

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The aim of this paper is to present a rigorous mathematical proof of the dynamical laws for the topological solitons (magnetic vortices) in ferromagnets and anti-ferromagnets. It is achieved through the conservation laws for the topological vorticity and the weak convergence methods.

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Project supported partially by the NSF grant, USA and Chang-Jiang Professor Fund at Zhejiang University, China

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Fang-hua, L., Jalal, S. Soliton dynamics in planar ferromagnets and anti-ferromagnets. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. A 4, 503–510 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2003.0503

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