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Energy and magnetization transport in nonequilibrium macrospin systems

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2015 Jul;92(1):012116. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012116. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Abstract

We investigate numerically the magnetization dynamics of an array of nanodisks interacting through the magnetodipolar coupling. In the presence of a temperature gradient, the chain reaches a nonequilibrium steady state where energy and magnetization currents propagate. This effect can be described as the flow of energy and particle currents in an off-equilibrium discrete nonlinear Schrödinger (DNLS) equation. This model makes transparent the transport properties of the system and allows for a precise definition of temperature and chemical potential for a precessing spin. The present study proposes a setup for the spin-Seebeck effect, and shows that its qualitative features can be captured by a general oscillator-chain model.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Magnetic Phenomena*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Motion
  • Periodicity
  • Temperature