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We derive general equations for axisymmetric Newtonian MHD and use these as the basis of a code for calculating equilibrium configurations of rotating magnetised neutron stars in a stationary state. We investigate the field configurations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-10 S. K. Lander , D. I. Jones

We study the magnetospheric activity in the polar cap region of pulsars under stellar oscillations. The toroidal oscillation of the star propagates into the magnetosphere, which provides additional voltage due to unipolar induction, changes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-27 Meng-Xiang Lin , Ren-Xin Xu , Bing Zhang

We consider electromagnetic interaction and precursor emission of merging neutron stars. Orbital motion of the magnetized neutron stars may revive pair production within the common magnetosphere years before the merger, igniting pulsar-like…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-06 Maxim Lyutikov

Magnetorotational instability (MRI) in a convectively-stable layer around the neutrinosphere is simulated by a three-dimensional model of supernova core. To resolve MRI-unstable modes, a thin layer approximation considering only the radial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Youhei Masada , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake

Pulsar magnetospheres are shaped by ultra-relativistic electron/positron plasmas flowing in a strong magnetic field and subject to strong gravitational fields. The former induces magnetospheric currents and space charges responsible for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-09 J. Petri

Magnetars exhibit a variety of transient high-energy phenomena in the form of bursts, outbursts, and giant flares. It is a common belief that these events originate in the sudden release of magnetic energy due to the rearrangement of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-22 Petros Stefanou , Jose A. Pons , Pablo Cerdá-Durán

Hall drift, i. e., transport of magnetic flux by the moving electrons giving rise to the electrical current, may be the dominant effect causing the evolution of the magnetic field in the solid crust of neutron stars. It is a nonlinear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andreas Reisenegger , Rafael Benguria , Joaquin P. Prieto , Pablo A. Araya , Dong Lai

We study the time evolution of non-axisymmetric linear perturbations of a rotating magnetised neutron star, whose magnetic field is multipolar and purely poloidal. The background stellar configurations are generated self-consistently,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 S. K. Lander , D. I. Jones

In this poster we present the structure of an axisymmetric, force-free magnetosphere of a twisted, aligned rotating dipole within a corotating plasma-filled magnetosphere. We explore various profiles for the twist. We find that as the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-15 Dimitris Ntotsikas , Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos

We demonstrate that magnetospheric interactions between merging neutron stars (NSs) generate dual-jetted current outflows, analogous to the Alfv\'{e}n wings observed during planetary interactions in the Solar System. Using 3D relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-19 Praveen Sharma , Slava G. Turyshev , Maxim V. Barkov , Maxim Lyutikov

We present numerical simulations of electron-positron pair cascades in the magnetospheres of magnetic neutron stars for a wide range of surface fields (B_p = 10^{12}--10^{15} G), rotation periods (0.1--10 s), and field geometries. This has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-07-31 Zach Medin , Dong Lai

We perform direct numerical simulations of an externally driven two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic system over extended periods of time to simulate the dynamics of a transverse section of a solar coronal loop. A stationary and large-scale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Pablo Dmitruk , Daniel O. Gomez

Results of 2D numerical simulation of magnetorotational mechanism of supernova explosion are presented. It is shown that due to the differential rotation of the star toroidal component of magnetic field appears and grows with time. Angular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. V. Ardeljan , G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , S. G. Moiseenko

A synthesis of the present knowledge on gamma-ray emission from the magnetosphere of a rapidly rotating neutron star is presented, focusing on the electrodynamics of particle accelerators. The combined curvature, synchrotron, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kouichi Hirotani

The defining trait of magnetars, the most strongly magnetized neutron stars (NSs), is their transient activity in the X/$\gamma$-bands. In particular, many of them undergo phases of enhanced emission, the so-called outbursts, during which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-14 Davide De Grandis , Roberto Turolla , Roberto Taverna , Elisa Lucchetta , Toby S. Wood , Silvia Zane

We describe the dynamics of an antiferromagnetic nano-oscillator in an external magnetic field of any given time distribution. The oscillator is powered by a spin current originating from spin-orbit effects in a neighboring heavy metal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 Jakub Chęciński , Marek Frankowski , Tomasz Stobiecki

We present the first fully self-consistent three-dimensional model of a neutron star's magnetic field, generated by electric currents in the star's crust via the Hall effect. We find that the global-scale field converges to a Hall-attractor…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Toby S. Wood , Rainer Hollerbach

We numerically model evolution of magnetic fields inside a neutron star under the influence of ambipolar diffusion in the weak-coupling mode in the one-fluid MHD approximation. Our simulations are three-dimensional and performed in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-09 Andrei P. Igoshev , Rainer Hollerbach

Abridged. Fast rotating and self-gravitating astrophysical objects suffer strong deformations from centrifugal forces. If moreover they are magnetized, they generate an electromagnetic wave that is perturbed accordingly. When stellar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-23 Jérôme Pétri

We present a new, magnetohydrodynamic mechanism for inflation of close-in giant extrasolar planets. The idea behind the mechanism is that current, which is induced through interaction of atmospheric winds and the planetary magnetic field,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 Konstantin Batygin , David J. Stevenson