Breaking chirality in nonequilibrium systems

P. Coullet, J. Lega, B. Houchmandzadeh, and J. Lajzerowicz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1352 – Published 10 September 1990
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Abstract

At equilibrium, Bloch walls are chiral interfaces between domains with different magnetization. Far from equilibrium, a set of forced oscillators can exhibit walls between states with different phases. In this Letter, we show that when these walls become chiral, they move with a velocity simply related to their chirality. This surprising behavior is a straightforward consequence of nonvariational effects, which are typical of nonequilibrium systems.

  • Received 23 March 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1352

©1990 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

P. Coullet and J. Lega

  • Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Parc Valrose, 06034 Nice CEDEX, France

B. Houchmandzadeh and J. Lajzerowicz

  • Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble I, 38400 Saint Martin d’Hères, France

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Vol. 65, Iss. 11 — 10 September 1990

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