The scattering of electrons from chiral spin textures such as skyrmions is an emerging research area due to its richness in topological quantum transport, which is significant for spintronic devices. We study the dynamical process of scattering of spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particles in the form of Gaussian wave packets from skyrmions with the aid of the nonrelativistic time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The scattering cross section shows a rich angular dependence and is deterministically influenced by the iterative flipping of the spin state inside the skyrmion. The latter leads to a set of nontrivial outcomes which include finite transmission and reflection probabilities irrespective of interaction strength, the formation of secondary wave fronts associated with back-converted spin components, and a long-lived quasibound state at the scattering center. In addition to the rich and intriguing physics, the numerical recipe developed here can be easily adopted for any arbitrary spin texture, which will provide a playground to explore tunable spin transport.

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• Magnetism
• Quantum transport
• Skyrmions
• Mathematical physics methods
• Schroedinger equation