Micromagnetic formalism for magnetic multipoles

TL;DR

This paper introduces a micromagnetic formalism for analyzing the dynamics of magnetic multipoles in non-collinear antiferromagnets, enabling better understanding of their mesoscopic properties and domain-wall behavior.

Contribution

It develops a general micromagnetic framework for cluster magnetic multipoles and demonstrates its application to domain-wall dynamics in Mn3Sn.

Findings

Captured key features of domain-wall motion including deformation

Revealed emergence of effective inertial mass in domain walls

Provided a framework for studying high-order multipole dynamics

Abstract

Cluster magnetic multipoles are order parameters that describe the symmetry of spin arrangements in magnetic materials. High-order multipoles are particularly important in non-collinear antiferromagnets, where they determine key physical properties such as the anomalous Hall effect and the magneto-optical Kerr effect. Although non-uniform multipole states have been observed at the micrometer scale, their mesoscopic properties remain largely unexplored. In this work, we develop a general micromagnetic formalism for cluster magnetic multipoles, enabling the study of the spin dynamics in non-uniform multipole systems. As an example, we apply this formalism to investigate magnetic-octupole domain-wall dynamics in the non-collinear antiferromagnet Mn3Sn. Our results capture key features of domain-wall motion, including deformation and the emergence of effective inertial mass. This study provides a general framework for studying the dynamics of high-order cluster magnetic multipoles, which is essential for determining the mesoscopic physical properties of non-collinear magnetic materials.