Evolutions of Magnetized and Rotating Neutron Stars
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-08-24 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
We study the evolution of magnetized and rigidly rotating neutron stars within a fully general relativistic implementation of ideal magnetohydrodynamics with no assumed symmetries in three spatial dimensions. The stars are modeled as rotating, magnetized polytropic stars and we examine diverse scenarios to study their dynamics and stability properties. In particular we concentrate on the stability of the stars and possible critical behavior. In addition to their intrinsic physical significance, we use these evolutions as further tests of our implementation which incorporates new developments to handle magnetized systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1001.0575,
title = {Evolutions of Magnetized and Rotating Neutron Stars},
author = {Steven L. Liebling and Luis Lehner and David Neilsen and Carlos Palenzuela},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0575},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
12 pages, 8 figures