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arxiv: 1003.3769 · v1 · pith:2JU22HRVnew · submitted 2010-03-19 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

Dynamics of magnetization on the topological surface

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keywords conductivitydiracdynamicsequationferromagneticmagnetizationsigmasurface
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We investigate theoretically the dynamics of magnetization coupled to the surface Dirac fermions of a three dimensional topological insulator, by deriving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation in the presence of charge current. Both the inverse spin-Galvanic effect and the Gilbert damping coefficient $\alpha$ are related to the two-dimensional diagonal conductivity $\sigma_{xx}$ of the Dirac fermion, while the Berry phase of the ferromagnetic moment to the Hall conductivity $\sigma_{xy}$. The spin transfer torque and the so-called $\beta$-terms are shown to be negligibly small. Anomalous behaviors in various phenomena including the ferromagnetic resonance are predicted in terms of this LLG equation.

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