Published January 1, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

On the interpretations of Langevin stochastic equation in different coordinate systems

Description

The stochastic Langevin Landau-Lifshitz equation is usually utilized in micromagnetics formalism to account for thermal effects. Commonly, two different interpretations of the stochastic integrals can be made: Ito and Stratonovich. In this work, the Langevin-Landau-Lifshitz (LLL) equation is written in both Cartesian and Spherical coordinates. If Spherical coordinates are employed, the noise is additive, and therefore, Ito and Stratonovich solutions are equal. This is not the case when (LLL) equation is written in Cartesian coordinates. In this case, the Langevin equation must be interpreted in the Stratonovich sense in order to reproduce correct statistical results. Nevertheless, the statistics of the numerical results obtained from Euler-Ito and Euler-Stratonovich schemes are equivalent due to the additional numerical constraint imposed in Cartesian system after each time step, which itself assures that the magnitude of the magnetization is preserved

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2003.08.103;
PII
S0921452603005842;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
343
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 252-256
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
4. international conference on hysteresis and micromagnetic modeling
Dates
28-30 May 2003
Place
Salamanca (Spain)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37000801
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CARTESIAN COORDINATES; LANGEVIN EQUATION; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
COORDINATES; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICS

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Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.