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Magnetic fields in upper main-sequence stars, white dwarfs, and neutron stars are known to persist for timescales comparable to their lifetimes. From a theoretical perspective this is problematic, as it can be shown that simple magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Taner Akgün , Andreas Reisenegger , Alpha Mastrano , Pablo Marchant

We study generalized Misner-Sharp energy in $f(R)$ gravity in a spherically symmetric spacetime. We find that unlike the cases of Einstein gravity and Gauss-Bonnet gravity, the existence of the generalized Misner-Sharp energy depends on a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-29 Rong-Gen Cai , Li-Ming Cao , Ya-Peng Hu , Nobuyoshi Ohta

Regarding the strong magnetic field of neutron stars and high energy regime scenario which is based on high curvature region near the compact objects, one is motivated to study magnetic neutron stars in an energy dependent spacetime. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-11 B. Eslam Panah , G. H. Bordbar , S. H. Hendi , R. Ruffini , Z. Rezaei , R. Moradi

We perform force-free simulations for a neutron star orbiting a black hole, aiming at clarifying the main magnetosphere properties of such binaries towards their innermost stable circular orbits. Several configurations are explored, varying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-08 Federico Carrasco , Masaru Shibata , Oscar Reula

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 the generation of strong magnetic fields in magnetars and in the early universe. For this purpose we calculate the antisymmetric contribution to the photon polarization tensor in a medium consisting of an electron-positron plasma…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-10 Maxim Dvornikov

Many explosive astrophysical events, like magnetars' bursts and flares, are magnetically driven. We consider dynamics of such magnetic explosions - relativistic expansion of highly magnetized and highly magnetically over-pressurized clouds.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Maxim V. Barkov , Praveen Sharma , Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Maxim Lyutikov

We examine the equilibrium of a magnetized neutron-star-crust. We calculate axially symmetric models in which an elastic force balances solenoidal motion driven by a Lorentz force. A large variety of equilibrium models are allowed by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-11 Yasufumi Kojima , Shota Kisaka , Kotaro Fujisawa

We review the results in our recent works on the generation of strong magnetic fields in compact stars driven by the parity violating electroweak interactions between background fermions. The cases of a neutron star, a hybrid star, and a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-21 Maxim Dvornikov

We present a theoretical model describing magnetar giant flares on the basis of solar flare/coronal mass ejection theory. In our model, a preflare activity plays a crucial role in driving evaporating flows and supplying baryonic matters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Youhei Masada , Shigehiro Nagataki , Kazunari Shibata , Toshio Terasawa

Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence drives the central engine of post-merger remnants, potentially powering both a nucleosynthetically active disk wind and the relativistic jet behind a short gamma ray burst. We explore the impact of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-16 Kelsey Alexandra Lund , Gail McLaughlin , Jonah Miller , Matthew Mumpower

Magnetar flares are highly energetic and rare events in which intense X and {\gamma}-ray emission is released from strongly magnetised neutron stars. The events are also accompanied by mass ejection from the neutron star. Fast radio bursts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-18 Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos

There is an increasing theoretical and observational evidence that the external magnetic field of magnetars may contain a toroidal component, likely of the same order of the poloidal one. Such "twisted magnetospheres" are threaded by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Pavan , R. Turolla , S. Zane , L. Nobili

The origins of the various outbursts of hard X-rays from magnetars (highly magnetized neutron stars) are still unknown. We identify instabilities in relativistic magnetospheres that can explain a range of X-ray flare luminosities. Crustal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-27 J. F. Mahlmann , A. A. Philippov , V. Mewes , B. Ripperda , E. R. Most , L. Sironi

We present magnetohydrodynamic simulations aimed at studying the effect of the magnetic suppression of turbulence (generated through various instabilities during the formation of molecular clouds by converging) on the subsequent star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-08 Zamora-Avilés Manuel , Vázquez-Semadeni Enrique , Körtgen Bastian , Banerjee Robi , Hartmann Lee

We study the cooling evolution of neutron stars with strong poloidal magnetic fields (with strength not far from observed values) using the full general relativity 2-dimensional \textit{Astreus} code, which solves consistently Einstein's…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-12 Rodrigo Negreiros , Jeffrey Peterson , Veronica Dexheimer

It has been suggested that magnetic fields play a dynamically-important role in core-collapse explosions of massive stars. In particular, they may be important in the collapsar scenario for gamma-ray bursts (GRB), where the central engine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dmitri A. Uzdensky , Andrew I. MacFadyen

As we know, the effect of strong magnetic field causes the anisotropy for the magnetized compact objects. Therefore, in this paper, we have studied the structure properties of anisotropic case of magnetized neutron star. We have derived the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-04 Gholam Hossein Bordbar , Mohammad Karami

We present the first numerical solutions of the coupled Einstein-Maxwell equations describing rapidly rotating neutron stars endowed with a magnetic field. These solutions are fully relativistic and self-consistent, all the effects of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Bocquet , S. Bonazzola , E. Gourgoulhon , J. Novak

We study the magnetosphere of a slowly rotating magnetized neutron star subject to toroidal oscillations in the relativistic regime. Under the assumption of a zero inclination angle between the magnetic moment and the angular momentum of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 V. S. Morozova , B. J. Ahmedov , O. Zanotti