Beyond skyrmion spin texture from quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.11217v1
• Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 22:28:01 GMT
• Title: Beyond skyrmion spin texture from quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
• Authors: SeungJung Huh, Wooyoung Yun, Gabin Yun, Samgyu Hwang, Kiryang Kwon, Junhyeok Hur, Seungho Lee, Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Se Kwon Kim, Jae-yoon Choi,
• Abstract summary: Topology profoundly influences diverse fields of science, providing a powerful framework for classifying phases of matter. We report the observation of a singular skyrmion that goes beyond the framework of topology in a ferromagnetic superfluid. By successfully realizing the universal regime of the quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, we identified the eccentric fractional skyrmions.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Topology profoundly influences diverse fields of science, providing a powerful framework for classifying phases of matter and predicting nontrivial excitations, such as solitons, vortices, and skyrmions. These topological defects are typically characterized by integer numbers, called topological charges, representing the winding number in their order parameter field. The classification and prediction of topological defects, however, become challenging when singularities are included within the integration domain for calculating the topological charge. While such exotic nonlinear excitations have been proposed in the superfluid $^3$He-A phase and spinor Bose-Einstein condensate of atomic gases, experimental observation of these structures and studies of their stability have long been elusive. Here we report the observation of a singular skyrmion that goes beyond the framework of topology in a ferromagnetic superfluid. The exotic skyrmions are sustained by undergoing anomalous symmetry breaking associated with the eccentric spin singularity and carry half of the elementary charge, distinctive from conventional skyrmions or merons. By successfully realizing the universal regime of the quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, we identified the eccentric fractional skyrmions, produced by emission from a magnetic domain wall and a spontaneous splitting of an integer skyrmion with spin singularities. The singular skyrmions are stable and can be observed after 2~s of hold time. Our results confirm the universality between classical and quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities and broaden our understanding on complex nonlinear dynamics of nontrivial texture beyond skyrmion in topological quantum systems.

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