Calculation of current-induced torque from spin continuity equation

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2008-08-11

arxiv.org/abs/0808.1445v1

Phys. Rev. B 78, 064429 (2008) (6 pages)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

submitted to Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.78.064429

Current-induced torque is formulated based on the spin continuity equation. The formulation does not rely on the assumption of separation of local spin and charge degrees of freedom, in contrast to approaches based on the $s$-$d$ model or mean-field approximation of itinerant ferromagnetism. This new method would be thus useful for the estimation of torques in actual materials by first-principles calculations. As an example, the formalism is applied to the adiabatic limit of the $s$-$d$ model in order to obtain the analytical expression for torques and corresponding $\beta$ terms arising from spin relaxation due to spin-flip scattering and spin-orbit interaction.

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