Controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the Dirac belt trick
Topological defects and textures are universal phenomena across physics. The authors demonstrate that an initial non-singular spinor texture can be controllably transformed into a pair of singular vortices with cores filled by atoms that continuously connect distinct magnetic phases of matter.
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| author | L. S. Weiss M. O. Borgh A. Blinova T. Ollikainen M. Möttönen J. Ruostekoski D. S. Hall |
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| description | Topological defects and textures are universal phenomena across physics. The authors demonstrate that an initial non-singular spinor texture can be controllably transformed into a pair of singular vortices with cores filled by atoms that continuously connect distinct magnetic phases of matter. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2111f1022aad43998fe14a43b84135402022-12-21T19:09:19ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-10-011011810.1038/s41467-019-12787-1Controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the Dirac belt trickL. S. Weiss0M. O. Borgh1A. Blinova2T. Ollikainen3M. Möttönen4J. Ruostekoski5D. S. Hall6Department of Physics and Astronomy, Amherst CollegeFaculty of Science, University of East AngliaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Amherst CollegeDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Amherst CollegeQCD Labs, QTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto UniversityDepartment of Physics, Lancaster UniversityDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Amherst CollegeTopological defects and textures are universal phenomena across physics. The authors demonstrate that an initial non-singular spinor texture can be controllably transformed into a pair of singular vortices with cores filled by atoms that continuously connect distinct magnetic phases of matter.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12787-1 |
| spellingShingle | L. S. Weiss M. O. Borgh A. Blinova T. Ollikainen M. Möttönen J. Ruostekoski D. S. Hall Controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the Dirac belt trick Nature Communications |
| title | Controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the Dirac belt trick |
| title_full | Controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the Dirac belt trick |
| title_fullStr | Controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the Dirac belt trick |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the Dirac belt trick |
| title_short | Controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the Dirac belt trick |
| title_sort | controlled creation of a singular spinor vortex by circumventing the dirac belt trick |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12787-1 |
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