title: Thermally assisted current-driven domain-wall motion.
abstract: Starting from the stochastic Landau-Lifschitz-Gilbert equation, we derive Langevin equations that describe the nonzero-temperature dynamics of a rigid domain wall. We derive an expression for the average drift velocity of the domain wall r(dw) as a function of the applied current, and find qualitative agreement with recent magnetic semiconductor experiments. Our model implies that at any nonzero-temperature r(dw) initially varies linearly with current, even in the absence of nonadiabatic spin torques.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4, 3584 CE Utrecht, The Netherlands. duine@phys.uu.nl
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Duine
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Núñez
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Macdonald