Momentum transfer from incoming magnons to a Bloch domain wall is calculated
using one dimensional continuum micromagnetic analysis. Due to the confinement
of the wall in space, the dispersion relation of magnons is different from that
of a single domain. This mismatch of dispersion relations can result in
reflection of magnons upon incidence on the domain wall, whose direct
consequence is a transfer of momentum between magnons and the domain wall. The
corresponding counteraction force exerted on the wall can be used for the
control of domain wall motion through magnonic linear momentum transfer, in
analogy with the spin transfer torque induced by magnonic angular momentum
transfer.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure, published versio