mumax+: extensible GPU-accelerated micromagnetics and beyond

We present mumax+, an extensible GPU-accelerated micromagnetic simulator with a Python user interface, to address the challenges posed by current magnetism research into systems with complex magnetic ordering and interfaces. It is a general solver for the space- and time-dependent evolution of the magnetization and related vector quantities, using finite difference discretization. Here, we present its design and application and discuss features not available in mumax3, such as the modeling of antiferromagnets with magnetoelastic coupling. As an illustration of its capabilities, we use mumax+ to simulate state-of-the-art magnetic systems. Specifically, we demonstrate the current-induced domain wall motion in a polycrystalline antiferromagnet, we simulate the working principle of a strain-driven antiferromagnetic racetrack memory and we reproduce experimentally observed domain structures in a non-collinear antiferromagnet.

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npj Computational Materials
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2026-02-05
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01893-y
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Magnetic properties of thin films
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Abstract

We present mumax+, an extensible GPU-accelerated micromagnetic simulator with a Python user interface, to address the challenges posed by current magnetism research into systems with complex magnetic ordering and interfaces. It is a general solver for the space- and time-dependent evolution of the magnetization and related vector quantities, using finite difference discretization. Here, we present its design and application and discuss features not available in mumax3, such as the modeling of antiferromagnets with magnetoelastic coupling. As an illustration of its capabilities, we use mumax+ to simulate state-of-the-art magnetic systems. Specifically, we demonstrate the current-induced domain wall motion in a polycrystalline antiferromagnet, we simulate the working principle of a strain-driven antiferromagnetic racetrack memory and we reproduce experimentally observed domain structures in a non-collinear antiferromagnet.

npj Computational MaterialsVol. 12(1)
University of Antwerp (BE), Ghent University (BE)
Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Universiteit Gent, Vlaamse regering, Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent
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mumax+: extensible GPU-accelerated micromagnetics and beyond — Bartel Van Waeyenberge, J. Maes, et al. · npj Computational Materials (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS