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Dugaev, V. K., Vieira, V. R., Sacramento, P. D., Barnas, J., Araujo, M. A. N., Berakdar, J.

Current-induced motion of a domain wall in a magnetic nanowire
Physical Review B 74, (5),pp 054403/1-12 (2006)
The current-induced motion of a magnetic domain wall in a quasi-one-dimensional ferromagnet with both easy-axis and easy-plane anisotropies is studied theoretically. We analyze the spin-transfer-induced torque on a sharp domain wall upon the flow of a dc electric current in the wire. The torque is shown to have two components; one of them acts as a driving force on the domain wall. The other torque component leads to changes to the domain-wall shape in that it forces the magnetic moments to diverge from the easy plane.

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