Domain walls

Two domain walls in the same azimuthal plane:

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Two domain walls twisted by $\varphi = \frac{\pi}{2}$ :

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Parallel Case:

General Case (twisted):

$\varphi = 0$

$\varphi = \frac{\pi}{4}$

$\varphi = \frac{\pi}{2}$

$\varphi = \pi$

Annihilation of parallel domain walls:

Annihilation of twisted domain walls:

Single domain wall (initial):

Single domain wall (final):

Collective coordinates:

Notes:

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