# Curvature stabilized skyrmions with angular momentum

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a new family of stable skyrmion solutions on spherical ferromagnets, revealing emergent spin-orbit coupling effects in magnetization dynamics without rotational symmetry.

## Contribution

It presents a novel class of localized, topologically distinct skyrmion solutions using variational angular momentum concepts, highlighting emergent spin-orbit coupling.

## Key findings

- Discovery of a new family of localized skyrmions
- Observation of emergent spin-orbit coupling effects
- Skyrmions are topologically distinct from the ground state

## Abstract

We examine skyrmionic field configurations on a spherical ferromagnet with large normal anisotropy. Exploiting variational concepts of angular momentum we find a new family of localized solutions to the Landau-Lifshitz equation that are topologically distinct from the ground state and not equivariant. Significantly, we observe an emergent spin-orbit coupling on the level of magnetization dynamics in a simple system without individual rotational invariance in spin and coordinate space.