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. 2018 Feb 21;8:3433. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21623-3

Table 1.

Pre-exponential factors for skyrmion annihilation in a Pd/Fe/Ir(111) racetrack.

fcc-Pd/Fe/Ir(111) hcp-Pd/Fe/Ir(111)
B (T) νcol (s−1) νesc (s−1) B (T) νcol (s−1) νesc (s−1)
4 4.0 ⋅ 1014 1.2 ⋅ 1010 1 2.7 ⋅ 1010 1.1 ⋅ 109
5 2.7 ⋅ 1014 1.1 ⋅ 1010 2 4.4 ⋅ 1011 1.8 ⋅ 109
6 1.8 ⋅ 1014 1.1 ⋅ 1010 3 1.2 ⋅ 1012 2.4 ⋅ 109
7 1.2 ⋅ 1014 1.1 ⋅ 1010 4 2.0 ⋅ 1012 2.9 ⋅ 109
8 8.4 ⋅ 1013 1.1 ⋅ 1010 5 2.5 ⋅ 1012 3.3 ⋅ 109
9 5.9 ⋅ 1013 1.0 ⋅ 1010 6 2.8 ⋅ 1012 3.7 ⋅ 109
10 4.3 ⋅ 1013 1.0 ⋅ 1010 7 2.9 ⋅ 1012 4.0 ⋅ 109
11 3.1 ⋅ 1013 1.0 ⋅ 1010 8 3.0 ⋅ 1012 4.3 ⋅ 109
12 2.3 ⋅ 1013 1.0 ⋅ 1010 9 3.0 ⋅ 1012 4.7 ⋅ 109
13 1.7 ⋅ 1013 1.0 ⋅ 1010
14 1.3 ⋅ 1013 1.0 ⋅ 1010
15 9.7 ⋅ 1012 1.1 ⋅ 1010
16 7.3 ⋅ 1012 1.2 ⋅ 1010
17 5.5 ⋅ 1012 1.5 ⋅ 1010

The pre-exponential factors for the skyrmion collapse, νcol, and escape, νesc, in a 23.5 nm wide Pd/Fe strip on Ir(111) for several applied magnetic field strengths and a temperature of 10 K. Calculations have been carried out for both fcc and hcp stackings of the Pd layer.