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Topological dynamical quantum phase transition in a quantum skyrmion phase

Vipin Vijayan1, L. Chotorlishvili2, A. Ernst3,4,*, S. S. P. Parkin3, M. I. Katsnelson5, and S. K. Mishra1

  • 1Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi 221005, India
  • 2Department of Physics and Medical Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
  • 3Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany
  • 4Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
  • 5Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands

  • *arthur.ernst@jku.at
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Phys. Rev. B 107, L100419 – Published 29 March, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.L100419

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The quantum skyrmionic phase is modeled in a two-dimensional helical spin lattice. This topological skyrmionic phase retains its nature in a large parameter space before moving to a ferromagnetic phase. Next-nearest-neighbor interaction improves the stability and it also causes a shift of the topological phase in the parameter space. Nonanalytic behavior of the rate function observed, when the system which is initially in a quantum skyrmion phase is quenched to a trivial quantum ferromagnetic phase, indicates a dynamical quantum phase transition. Dynamical quantum phase transition is absent when the system initially in a skyrmion phase is quenched to a helical phase.

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Phys. Rev. B 107, L100419– Published 29 March, 2023
  • Received 31 October 2022
  • Accepted 6 March 2023
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