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Since there is 3P2 neutron superfluid in neutron star interior, it can be treated as a system of magnetic dipoles. Under the presence of background magnetic field, the magnetic dipoles tend to align in the same direction. When the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-15 Qiu-he Peng , Jie Zhang , Men-quan Liu , Chich-gang Chou

As soon as the energy of electrons near the Fermi surface are higher than $Q$, the threshold energy of inverse $\beta-$ decay, the electron capture process will dominate. The resulting high-energy neutrons will destroy anisotropic ${}^3P_2$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-11 Z. F. Gao , Q. H. Peng , N. Wang , C. K. Chou , W. S. Huo

In this paper, we consider the effect of Landau levels on the decay of superhigh magnetic fields of magnetars. Applying ${}^3P_2$ anisotropic neutron superfluid theory yield a second-order differential equation for a superhigh magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-11 Z. F. Gao , N. Wang , J. P. Yuan , L. Jiang , D. L. Song , E. L. Qiao

It is shown that in strongly magnetized neutron stars, there exist upper limits of magnetic field strength, beyond which the self energies for both neutron and proton components of neutron star matter become complex in nature. As a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Somenath Chakrabarty

In this paper we discuss in detail the quantization of Landau energy levels of a strongly magnetized and completely degenerate relativistic electron gas in neutron stars. In particular, we focus on the Fermi energy dependence of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-15 Qiu-he Peng , Jie Zhang , Chih-kang Chou , Zhi-fu Gao

We study magnetohydrodynamic stability of neutron star core matter composed of neutrons, protons and leptons threaded by a magnetar-strength magnetic field $10^{14}$--$10^{17}$ G, where quantum electrodynamical effects and Landau…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-26 Peter B. Rau , Ira Wasserman

We discuss neutron $^{3}P_{2}$ phases in the core of neutron stars in strong magnetic field (magnetars). The neutron $^{3}P_{2}$ pairing provides a wide variety of condensates, such as the uniaxial nematic and (D$_{2}$ and D$_{4}$) biaxial…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Shigehiro Yasui , Chandrasekhar Chatterjee , Muneto Nitta

We discuss the effect of a strong magnetic field on neutron $^{3}P_{2}$ superfluidity. Based on the attraction in the $^{3}P_{2}$ pair of two neutrons, we derive the Ginzburg-Landau equation in the path-integral formalism by adopting the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-04-10 Shigehiro Yasui , Chandrasekhar Chatterjee , Muneto Nitta

We estimate the strength of the induced magnetic field due to the total induced magnetic moment of the anisotropic ($^3PF^2$) neutron superfluid interior of neutron stars. The induced magnetic field of the neutron stars is found as follows.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Qiu-he Peng

The interior of a neutron star is expected to be occupied by a neutron $^3P_2$ superfluid, which is the condensate of spin-triplet $p$-wave Cooper pairs of neutrons with total angular momentum $J=2$. Here we investigate the thermodynamic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-10-14 Takeshi Mizushima , Shigehiro Yasui , Daisuke Inotani , Muneto Nitta

There has recently been growing evidence for the existence of neutron stars possessing magnetic fields with strengths that exceed the quantum critical field strength of $4.4 \times 10^{13}$ G, at which the cyclotron energy equals the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Alice K. Harding , Dong Lai

We discuss the effects of strong magnetic fields through Landau quantization of electrons on the structure and stability of nuclei in neutron star crust. In strong magnetic fields, this leads to the enhancement of the electron number…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Rana Nandi , Debades Bandyopadhyay

Magnetars are a subclass of neutron stars whose intense soft-gamma-ray bursts and quiescent X-ray emission are believed to be powered by the decay of a strong internal magnetic field. We reanalyze neutrino emission in such stars in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mario Riquelme , Andreas Reisenegger , Olivier Espinosa , Claudio Dib

The electron gas inside a neutron star is highly degenerate and relativistic. Due to the electron-electron magnetic interaction, the differential susceptibility can equal or exceed 1, which causes the magnetic system of the neutron star to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Zhaojun Wang , Guoliang Lv , Chunhua Zhu , Wensheng Huo

We investigate the effects of a magnetic field on the thermodynamics of a neutron system at finite density and temperature. Our main motivation is to deepen the understanding of the physics of a class of neutron stars known as magnetars,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-12 E. J. Ferrer , A. Hackebill

The presence of strong magnetic fields in neutron stars, such as in magnetars, may significantly affect their crust-core transition properties and the crust size. This knowledge is crucial in the correct interpretation of astrophysical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-04-03 Debarati Chatterjee , Francesca Gulminelli , Debora P. Menezes

(adapted)Considering recent observations challenging the traditional magnetar model, we explore the wind braking of magnetars. There is evidence for strong multipole magnetic fields in active magnetars, but the dipole field inferred from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 H. Tong , R. X. Xu , L. M. Song , G. J. Qiao

We study the magnetic field generation in a neutron star within the model based on the magnetic field instability in the nuclear matter owing to the electron-nucleon parity violating interaction. We suggest that the growing magnetic field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-16 Maxim Dvornikov , Victor B. Semikoz

In this paper, an approximate method of calculating the Fermi energy of electrons ($E_{F}(e)$) in a high-intensity magnetic field, based on the analysis of the distribution of a neutron star magnetic field, has been proposed. In the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-03 Z. F. Gao , N. Wang , D. L. Song , J. P. Yuan , C. K. Chou

Extremely strong magnetic fields of the order of $10^{15}\,{\rm G}$ are required to explain the properties of magnetars, the most magnetic neutron stars. Such a strong magnetic field is expected to play an important role for the dynamics of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-25 Jerome Guilet , Ewald Mueller , Hans-Thomas Janka , Tomasz Rembiasz , Martin Obergaulinger , Pablo Cerda-Duran , Miguel-Angel Aloy
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