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We study the role of the pasta phases on the properties of rotating and magnetized neutron stars. In order to investigate such systems, we make use of two different relativistic mean-field unified inner-crust--core equations of state, with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-09-23 Ivo Sengo , Helena Pais , Bruno Franzon , Constança Providência

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

In the presence of strong magnetic field reported to have been observed on the surface of some neutron stars and on what are called Magnetars, a host of physical phenomenon from the birth of a neutron star to free streaming neutrino cooling…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ashok Goyal

Neutron stars contain the strongest magnetic fields known in the Universe. In this paper, I discuss briefly how these magnetic fields are inferred from observations, as well as the evidence for their time-evolution. I show how these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-14 Andreas Reisenegger

Even though the crystallize nature of the neutron star crust plays a pivotal role in describing various fascinating astrophysical observations, its microscopic structure is not fully understood in the presence of a colossal magnetic field.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-23 Vishal Parmar , H. C. Das , M. K. Sharma , S. K. Patra

Torsional oscillations of magnetized neutron stars have been well studied since they may be relevant to the physical interpretation of some of the observed quasiperiodic oscillations in the magnetar giant flares. In the crustal region of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-03 Ling Cheung , Lap-Ming Lin , Nicolas Chamel

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

In this work we explore the evolution of magnetic fields inside strongly magnetized neutron stars in axisymmetry. We model numerically the coupled field evolution in the core and the crust. Our code models the Hall drift and Ohmic effects…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Ashley Bransgrove , Yuri Levin , Andrei Beloborodov

The properties of matter are significantly modified by strong magnetic fields, $B>>2.35\times 10^9$ Gauss ($1 G =10^{-4} Tesla$), as are typically found on the surfaces of neutron stars. In such strong magnetic fields, the Coulomb force on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dong Lai

We study the effects of very strong magnetic fields on the equation of state (EOS) in multicomponent, interacting matter by developing a covariant description for the inclusion of the anomalous magnetic moments of nucleons. For the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Broderick , M. Prakash , J. M. Lattimer

We study the effect of magnetic field on the dominant neutrino emission processes in neutron stars.The processes are first calculated for the case when the magnetic field does not exceed the critical value to confine electrons to the lowest…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 Ashok Goyal , V. K. Gupta , Kanupriya , Vinita Tuli

We study the problem of neutron star composition in the presence of a strong magnetic field. The effects of the anomalous magnetic moments of both nucleons and electrons are investigated in relativistic mean field calculations for a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Mao , V. N. Kondratyev , A. Iwamoto , Z. Li , X. Wu , W. Greiner , I. N. Mikhailov

Neutron stars contain persistent, ordered magnetic fields that are the strongest known in the Universe. However, their magnetic fluxes are similar to those in magnetic A and B stars and white dwarfs, suggesting that flux conservation during…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andreas Reisenegger

Neutron stars host the strongest magnetic fields that we know of in the Universe. Their magnetic fields are the main means of generating their radiation, either magnetospheric or through the crust. Moreover, the evolution of the magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-24 Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Davide De Grandis , Andrei Igoshev

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 investigate the magneto--elastic equilibrium of a neutron star crust and magnetic energy stored by the elastic force. The solenoidal motion driven by the Lorentz force can be controlled by the magnetic elastic force, so that conditions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Yasufumi Kojima , Shota Kisaka , Kotaro Fujisawa

The physics of neutron stars leads historically towards Landau's speculation. Even before the discovery of the neutron, he postulated the possible existence of stars more compact than white dwarfs, containing matter of the order of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-11 Luiz L. Lopes , Debora P. Menezes

Isolated neutron stars show a diversity in timing and spectral properties, which has historically led to a classification in different sub-classes. The magnetic field plays a key role in many aspects of the neutron star phenomenology: it…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-28 Daniele Viganò , Jose A. Pons , Juan A. Miralles , Nanda Rea

A phase transition from paramagnetism to ferromagnetism in neutron star interior is explored. Since there is $^3$P$_2$ neutron superfluid in neutron star interior, it can be treated as a system of magnetic dipoles. Under the presence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-12 Qiu He Peng , Hao Tong

The crust of a neutron star (NS) provides a unique laboratory for studying matter under extreme density and magnetic field conditions that cannot be realized in terrestrial experiments. However, direct observational constraints on its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-22 Sheng-Lun Xie , Yun-Wei Yu , Shao-Lin Xiong , Wang-Chen Xue