Abstract
The topological solitons, or “skyrmions,” in a planar ferromagnet experience a Magnus force proportional to the product of their velocity and the surrounding magnetization. It has been suggested that the charged quasiparticles near filling factor ν=1 in the GaAs quantum Hall effect are skyrmions. If so, we might expect this spin-induced Magnus force to act on the quasiparticles in addition to the Lorentz force they experience because of their charge. We show that this is not the case, and that the Magnus and Lorentz forces are merely different descriptions of the same physical effect.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 16573-16578 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 24 |
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| State | Published - 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics