Multidimensional Instability and Dynamics of Spin Avalanches in Crystals of Nanomagnets
Journal article, 2014

We obtain a fundamental instability of the magnetization-switching fronts in superparamagnetic and ferromagnetic materials such as crystals of nanomagnets, ferromagnetic nanowires, and systems of quantum dots with large spin. We develop the instability theory for both linear and nonlinear stages. By using numerical simulations we investigate the instability properties focusing on spin avalanches in crystals of nanomagnets. The instability distorts spontaneously the fronts and leads to a complex multidimensional front dynamics. We show that the instability has a universal physical nature, with a deep relationship to a wide variety of physical systems, such as the Darrieus-Landau instability of deflagration fronts in combustion, inertial confinement fusion, and thermonuclear supernovae, and the instability of doping fronts in organic semiconductors.

Author

O. Jukimenko

C. M. Dion

Mattias Marklund

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Theory

V. Bychkov

Physical Review Letters

0031-9007 (ISSN) 1079-7114 (eISSN)

Vol. 113 21 217206

Subject Categories

Physical Sciences

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.217206

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