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We initiate numerical studies of differentially rotating magnetised (proto) neutron stars by studying - through construction from first principles - the coupling between an assumed differential rotation and an impressed magnetic field. For…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Thampan

The structure of an interior dipole magnetic field of neutron stars in $f(R)$ gravity is considered. For this purpose, the perturbative approaches are used when both the deviations from general relativity and the deformations of spherically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-21 Elizat Bakirova , Vladimir Folomeev

The magnetic fields observed in Ap-stars, white dwarfs, and neutron stars are known to be stable for long times. However, the physical conditions inside the stellar interiors that allow these states are still a matter of research. It has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 L. Becerra , A. Reisenegger , J. A. Valdivia , M. Gusakov

The problem of the stability of magnetic fields in stars has a long history and has been investigated in detail in perturbation theory. Here we consider the nonlinear evolution of a non-rotating neutron star with a purely poloidal magnetic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-19 Riccardo Ciolfi , Samuel K. Lander , Gian Mario Manca , Luciano Rezzolla

We study $r$-modes of a rotating magnetized neutron star, assuming a magnetic dipole field whose axis is aligned with the axis of rotation. We approach the problem by applying a singular perturbation theory to the oscillations of rotating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Umin Lee

(1) Background: for the study of highly magnetized neutron stars observed as magnetars, and to quantify the effect of this intense magnetic field onto the star's structure and shape which can be particularly relevant for the study of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-20 Debarati Chatterjee , Daw Guttmann , Jérôme Novak , Micaela Oertel , Martin Jakob Steil

Models of rotating relativistic stars with a toroidal magnetic field have been computed for a sample of eight equations of state of cold dense matter. Non-rotating models admit important levels of magnetization and quadrupole distortion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-18 Joachim Frieben , Luciano Rezzolla

The phenomenology of the emission of pulsars and magnetars depends dramatically on the structure and properties of their magnetic field. In particular it is believed that the outbursting and flaring activity observed in AXPs and SRGs is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-22 N. Bucciantini , A. G. Pili , L. Del Zanna

The quasiperiodic oscillations found in the three giant flares of soft gamma-ray repeaters observed to date have been interpreted as crustal oscillations caused by a starquake following a dramatic rearrangement of the stellar magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-13 Gibran H. de Souza , Cecilia Chirenti

We present solutions for Hall equilibria applicable to neutron star crusts. Such magnetic configurations satisfy a Grad-Shafranov-type equation, which is solved analytically and numerically. The solutions presented cover a variety of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 K. N. Gourgouliatos , A. Cumming , A. Reisenegger , C. Armaza , M. Lyutikov , J. A. Valdivia

We construct barotropic stellar equilibria, containing magnetic fields with both poloidal and toroidal field components. We extend earlier results by exploring the effect of different magnetic field and current distributions. Our results…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. K. Lander , D. I. Jones

We determine constraints on the form of axisymmetric toroidal magnetic fields dictated by hydrostatic balance in a type II superconducting neutron star with a barotropic equation of state. Using Lagrangian perturbation theory, we find the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-16 Taner Akgun , Ira Wasserman

Magnetic fields play a crucial role in many astrophysical scenarios and, in particular, are of paramount importance in the emission mechanism and evolution of Neutron Stars (NSs). To understand the role of the magnetic field in compact…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 A. G. Pili , N. Bucciantini , L. Del Zanna

In the absence of an active dynamo, purely poloidal magnetic field configurations are unstable to large-scale dynamical perturbations, and decay via reconnection on an Alfvenic timescale. Nevertheless, a number of classes of dynamo-free…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Avery E. Broderick , Ramesh Narayan

We present numerical solutions for stationary and axisymmetric equilibriums of compact stars associated with extremely strong magnetic fields. The interior of the compact stars is assumed to satisfy ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-22 Koji Uryu , Shijun Yoshida , Eric Gourgoulhon , Charalampos Markakis , Kotaro Fujisawa , Antonios Tsokaros , Keisuke Taniguchi , Mina Zamani

Strong magnetic fields play an important role in powering the emission of neutron stars. Nevertheless a full understanding of the interior configuration of the field remains elusive. In this work, we present General Relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Ankan Sur , William Cook , David Radice , Brynmor Haskell , Sebastiano Bernuzzi

Extremely magnetized neutron stars with magnetic fields as strong as $\sim 10^{15-16}$ G, or magnetars, have received considerable attention in the last decade due to their identification as a plausible source for Soft Gamma Repeaters and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 A. G. Pili , N. Bucciantini , L. Del Zanna

We couple internal torsional, magneto-elastic oscillations of highly magnetized neutron stars (magnetars) to their magnetospheres. The corresponding axisymmetric perturbations of the external magnetic field configuration evolve as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael Gabler , Pablo Cerdá-Durán , Nikolaos Stergioulas , José A. Font , Ewald Müller

As another step towards understanding the long-term evolution of the magnetic field in neutron stars, we provide the first simulations of ambipolar diffusion in a spherical star. Restricting ourselves to axial symmetry, we consider a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-17 F. Castillo , A. Reisenegger , J. A. Valdivia

We investigate the stability of the Hall-MHD system and determine its importance for neutron stars at their birth, when they still consist of differentially rotating plasma permeated by extremely strong magnetic fields. We solve the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 T. Kondic , G. Ruediger , R. Arlt