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H. B. Brentan

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Enhanced domain wall velocity near a ferromagnetic instability

Assuming a Fermi liquid behavior for $s$-conduction electrons, we rewrite the extended Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation renormalized by interactions through the Landau parameters $F^{a}_{l}$ ($l=0,1,2 \cdots$) in an explicit form to describe the dynamic of a domain wall (DW) due to spin transfer torque phenomenon. The interaction between spins of the \textit{s}-conduction electrons explains qualitatively the DW velocity experimental observations in $\mathrm{Ni_{81}}\mathrm{Fe_{19}}$ (Permalloy) recalculated by us without defects or impurity hypothesis. Close to Stoner ferromagnetic instability point where $F^{a}_{0} \approx -0.99$, the DW velocity becomes high ($v^{*}_{DW}\approx 600$ $ms^{-1}$) and critical spin current density becomes reduced ($j^{*}_{c}\approx1\times10^{12}$ $Am^{-2}$) when compared to that calculated by nonadiabatic approach. At the critical point, the DW velocity diverges while critical spin current density at the same point goes to zero. Our theory also provides a prediction to looking for materials in which is possible applies a smallest critical spin current density and observes higher DW velocity.

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Covariant theory of gravitation in the framework of special relativity

In this work, we study the magnetic effects of gravity in the framework of special relativity. Imposing covariance of the gravitational force with respect to the Lorentz transformations, we show from a thought experiment that a magnetic-like force must be present whenever two or more bodies are in motion. The exact expression for this gravitomagnetic force is then derived purely from special relativity and the consequences of such a covariant theory are developed. For instance, we show that the gravitomagnetic fields satisfy a system of differential equations similar to the Maxwell equations of electrodynamics. This implies that the gravitational waves spread out with the speed of light in a flat spacetime, which is in agreement with the recent results concerning the gravitational waves detection. We also propose that the vector potential can be associated with the interaction momentum in the same way as the scalar potential is usually associated with the interaction energy. Other topics are also discussed, for example, the transformation laws for the fields, the energy and momentum stored in the gravitomagnetic fields, the invariance of the gravitational mass and so on. We remark that is not our intention here to propose an alternative theory of gravitation but, rather, only a first approximation for the gravitational phenomena, so that it can be applied whenever the gravitational force can be regarded as an ordinary effective force field and special relativity can be used with safety. To make this point clear we present briefly a comparison between our approach and that based on the (linearized) Einstein's theory. Finally, we remark that although we have assumed nothing from the electromagnetic theory, we found that gravity and electricity share many properties in common - these similarities, in fact, are just a requirement of special relativity that must apply to any physically (...)

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