The equation of motion of twists on classical antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin chains are derived. It is shown that twists
interact
via position- and velocity-dependent long-range two-body forces. A quiescent regime is identified wherein the system conserves
momentum. With increasing kinetic energy the system exits this regime and momentum conservation is violated due to walls annihilation.
A bitwist system is shown to be integrable and its exact solution is analysed. Many-twist systems are discussed and novel
periodic twist lattice solutions are found on closed chains. The stability of these solutions is discussed.
PACS. 75.60.Ch Domain walls and domain structure – 05.45.-a Nonlinear dynamics and nonlinear dynamical systems
Received 12 June 2002 Published online 2 October 2002
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