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  "abstract": "In chiral magnets, magnetic skyrmions are typically stabilized by the competition between exchange and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interactions under an external magnetic field, while the role of lattice degrees of freedom has received comparatively less attention. Here we study how spin-phonon (SP) coupling modifies magnetic interactions and the resulting spin textures in a two-dimensional skyrmion model in the square lattice. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we compare two simplified models describing the SP coupling: the Einstein site-phonon (ESP) and bond-phonon (BP) models. Integrating the lattice degrees of freedom, we obtain effective Hamiltonians for each SP model, which involve three-spin interactions and quadratic terms. In both cases, skyrmion crystals are stabilized in field regimes that are topologically trivial in the uncoupled model. Moreover, in certain regimes, the conventional triple-$\\qv$ hexagonal skyrmion lattice is distorted into a double-$\\qv$ square skyrmion lattice. Additionally, we find that, in the ESP model, strong phonon coupling affecting the exchange interactions drives the system from typical low-field helical phases to meron-antimeron crystals with no net chirality. Overall, our results show that lattice effects provide a simple mechanism to tune a wide variety of topological magnetic phases, ranging from typical skyrmion crystals to distorted arrangements of skyrmions, elongated bimerons and meron-antimeron phases.",
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  "article_type": "Journal reference: Phys. Rev. B 114, 194415 (2026)",
  "arxiv": "2606.02793",
  "author_total": 3,
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    {
      "name": "E. Iroulart"
    },
    {
      "name": "F. A. Gómez Albarracín"
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    {
      "name": "H. Diego Rosales"
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2606.02793",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.02793",
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  "published": "2026-10-06",
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  "title": "Skyrmion and meron phases induced by spin-phonon coupling",
  "title_text": "Skyrmion and meron phases induced by spin-phonon coupling",
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