Dense matter is strong magnetic fields
Abstract
Compact stars having strong magnetic fields (magnetars) have been observationally determined to have surface magnetic fields of order of 10^14-10^15 G, the implied internal field strength being several orders larger. We study the equation of state and composition of hypernuclear matter and quark matter - two forms of dense matter in strong magnetic fields. We find that the magnetic field has substantial influence on the properties of hypernuclear matter and quark matter for magnetic field B \ge 10^17 G and B \ge 10^18 G respectively. In particular the matter properties become anisotropic. Moreover, above a critical field B_cr, both hypernuclear and quark matter show instability, although the values of B_cr are different for two kinds of matter.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1209.5611,
title = {Dense matter is strong magnetic fields},
author = {Monika Sinha},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.5611},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, 2 figures: Older version has been moved to 1005.4995 as version 3. This version has been prepared as Proceedings of International Conference on "The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity", 18-21 September 2013, Yerevan, Armenia with related material