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American Physical Society, Physical review B, 21(80)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.80.214424

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Influence of magnetic viscosity on domain wall dynamics under spin-polarized currents

Journal article published in 2009 by Joo-Von Kim ORCID, Capucine Burrowes
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Abstract

We present a theoretical study of the influence of magnetic viscosity on current-driven domain wall dynamics. In particular we examine how domain wall depinning transitions, driven by thermal activation, are influenced by the adiabatic and nonadiabatic spin-torques. We find the Arrhenius law that describes the transition rate for activation over a single energy barrier remains applicable under currents but with a current-dependent barrier height. We show that the effective energy barrier is dominated by a linear current dependence under usual experimental conditions, with a variation that depends only on the nonadiabatic spin torque coefficient beta. ; Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures