Stability and transformations of domain walls in cylindrical wires

For magnetic wires and other systems with cylindrical symmetry, algorithms have been proposed for constructing a multidimensional energy surface, searching for minimal energy paths between locally stable states and the activation energies of transitions between such states. The mechanisms of nucleation and transformation of domain walls of various types in amorphous ferromagnetic nanowires with a nonuniform anisotropy distribution have been studied. The stability of the domain walls structure with respect to thermal fluctuations and random external perturbations has been assessed.