Gauge theory applied to magnetic lattices

Abstract

Micromagnetic exchange is usually derived by performing the continuum limit of the Heisenberg model on a cubic lattice, where the exchange integrals are assumed to be identical for all nearest neighbors. This limitation normally imposes the use of a microscopic theory to explain the appearance of higher order magnetic interactions such as the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). In this paper we combine graph- and gauge field- theory to simultaneously account for the symmetries of the crystal, the effect of spin-orbit coupling and their interplay on a micromagnetic level. We obtain a micromagnetic theory accounting for the crystal symmetry constraints at all orders in exchange and show how to successfully predict the form of micromagnetic DMI in all 32 point groups.

arXiv comment7 pages, 4 figures, with supplement

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