001433768 000__ 03793cam\a2200589\a\4500 001433768 001__ 1433768 001433768 003__ OCoLC 001433768 005__ 20230309003652.0 001433768 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001433768 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001433768 008__ 210207s2021\\\\sz\\\\\\ob\\\\000\0\eng\d 001433768 019__ $$a1237410086$$a1240609833 001433768 020__ $$a9783030660260$$q(electronic bk.) 001433768 020__ $$a3030660265$$q(electronic bk.) 001433768 020__ $$z3030660257 001433768 020__ $$z9783030660253 001433768 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-3-030-66026-0$$2doi 001433768 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)1236368410 001433768 040__ $$aYDX$$beng$$epn$$cYDX$$dEBLCP$$dGW5XE$$dSFB$$dOCLCO$$dOCLCF$$dUKAHL$$dVLB$$dOCLCQ$$dOCLCO$$dOCLCQ 001433768 049__ $$aISEA 001433768 050_4 $$aQC793.3.S8$$bD47 2021eb 001433768 08204 $$a539.7/4$$223 001433768 1001_ $$aDesplat, Louise. 001433768 24510 $$aThermal stability of metastable magnetic skyrmions /$$cLouise Desplat. 001433768 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2021. 001433768 264_4 $$c©2021 001433768 300__ $$a1 online resource (xix, 152 pages) 001433768 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001433768 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001433768 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001433768 4901_ $$aSpringer Theses 001433768 500__ $$a"Doctoral Thesis accepted byUniversity of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom." 001433768 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references. 001433768 50500 $$tIntroduction --$$tTopological Solitons in Magnetic Systems --$$tLanger's Theory and Application to Magnetic Spin Systems --$$tThermal Stability of Chiral Magnetic Skyrmions from Langer's Theory --$$tSkyrmion Collapse Rate Computation via Forward Flux Sampling and Comparison with Langer's Theory --$$tPaths to Annihilation of First- and Second-Order (Anti)skyrmions Under Frustrated Exchange --$$tConclusion and outlook. 001433768 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001433768 520__ $$aThe energy cost associated with modern information technologies has been increasing exponentially over time, stimulating the search for alternative information storage and processing devices. Magnetic skyrmions are solitonic nanometer-scale quasiparticles whose unique topological properties can be thought of as that of a Mobius strip. Skyrmions are envisioned as information carriers in novel information processing and storage devices with low power consumption and high information density. As such, they could contribute to solving the energy challenge. In order to be used in applications, isolated skyrmions must be thermally stable at the scale of years. In this work, their stability is studied through two main approaches: the Kramers' method in the form of Langer's theory, and the forward flux sampling method. Good agreement is found between the two methods. We find that small skyrmions possess low internal energy barriers, but are stabilized by a large activation entropy. This is a direct consequence of the existence of stable modes of deformation of the skyrmion. Additionally, frustrated exchange that arise at some transition metal interfaces leads to new collapse paths in the form of the partial nucleation of the corresponding antiparticle, as merons and antimerons. 001433768 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 18, 2021). 001433768 650_0 $$aSkyrme model. 001433768 650_0 $$aSpintronics. 001433768 650_0 $$aFerromagnetism. 001433768 650_6 $$aModèle de Skyrme. 001433768 650_6 $$aÉlectronique de spin. 001433768 650_6 $$aFerromagnétisme. 001433768 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 001433768 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aDesplat, Louise.$$tThermal stability of metastable magnetic skyrmions.$$dCham : Springer, 2021$$z3030660257$$z9783030660253$$w(OCoLC)1222894663 001433768 830_0 $$aSpringer theses. 001433768 852__ $$bebk 001433768 85640 $$3Springer Nature$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-66026-0$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 001433768 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1433768$$pGLOBAL_SET 001433768 980__ $$aBIB 001433768 980__ $$aEBOOK 001433768 982__ $$aEbook 001433768 983__ $$aOnline 001433768 994__ $$a92$$bISE