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Recently, we have proposed a model for the screening of the magnetic field of an accreting neutron star by the accreted material flowing from the polar regions towards the equator and sinking there underneath the surface (Choudhuri &…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sushan Konar , Arnab R. Choudhury

The evolution of neutron star (NS) magnetic field (B-field) has long been an important topic, which is still not yet settled down. Here, we analyze the NS B-fields inferred by the cyclotron resonance scattering features (CRSFs) for the high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-15 Chang-Qing Ye , De-Hua Wang , Cheng-Min Zhang , Zhen-Qi Diao

The strong magnetic field of neutron stars is intimately coupled to the observed temperature and spectral properties, as well as to the observed timing properties (distribution of spin periods and period derivatives). Thus, a proper…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-23 José A. Pons , Daniele Viganò

The pulsar timing is observed to be different from predicted by a simple magnetic dipole radiation. We choose eight pulsars whose braking index was reliably determined. Assuming the smaller values of braking index are dominated by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 Jun Tian

This thesis work represents the first efforts to combine population synthesis studies of the Galactic isolated neutron stars with deep-learning techniques with the aim of better understanding neutron-star birth properties and evolution. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-25 Michele Ronchi

The recent revelation that there are correlated period derivative and pulse shape changes in pulsars has dramatically changed our understanding of timing noise as well as the relationship between the radio emission and the properties of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 Benjamin Shaw , Benjamin W. Stappers , Paul R. Brook , Aris Karastergiou , Andrew G. Lyne , Patrick Weltevrede

Up-to-now known characteristics of radio pulsars, such as mass limits, magnetic field intensity, rotational period, and maximum radiation are mainly of empirical nature. Applying the Expansive Nondecelerative Universe model (ENU) into the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miroslav Sukenik , Jozef Sima

In this paper we explore the evolution of a PWN while the pulsar is spinning down. An MHD approach is used to simulate the evolution of a composite remnant. Particular attention is given to the adiabatic loss rate and evolution of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-16 O. C. de Jager , S. E. S. Ferreira , A. Djannati-Ataï , M. Dalton , C. Deil , K. Kosack , M. Renaud , U. Schwanke , O. Tibolla

Off-centred dipole configurations have been suggested to explain different phenomena in neutron stars, such as natal kicks, irregularities in polarisation of radio pulsars and properties of X-ray emission from millisecond pulsars. Here for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-21 Andrei P. Igoshev , Rainer Hollerbach , Toby Wood

We investigate the geometry of the magnetic field of rotation-powered pulsars. A new method for calculating an angle ($\beta$) between the spin and magnetic dipole axes of a neutron star (NS) in the ejector stage is considered within the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-16 Vitaliy Kim , Adel Umirbayeva , Yerlan Aimuratov

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

Using a numerical simulation, we study the effects of ambipolar diffusion and ohmic diffusion on the magnetic field evolution in the interior of an isolated neutron star. We are interested in the behavior of the magnetic field on a long…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jaime Hoyos , Andreas Reisenegger , Juan A. Valdivia

We present the first 3D fully coupled magneto-thermal simulations of neutron stars (including the most realistic background structure and microphysical ingredients so far) applied to a very complex initial magnetic field topology in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 Clara Dehman , Daniele Viganò , Stefano Ascenzi , Jose A. Pons , Nanda Rea

The evolution of the magnetic field is investigated for isolated as well as binary neutron stars. The overall nature of the field evolution is seen to be similar for an initial crustal field and an expelled flux. The major uncertainties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sushan Konar , Dipankar Bhattacharya

The well-observed Crab pulsar helps one to uncover the underlying knowledge about pulsar evolution. The routine evolution model simultaneously describes the spin-down caused by the magnetic dipole radiation (MDR) and gravitational wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-13 Cong-Xing Liu , Jian-Min Dong

We confront theoretical models for the rotational, magnetic, and thermal evolution of an ultra-magnetized neutron star, or magnetar, with available data on the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs). We argue that, if the AXPs are interpreted as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Monica Colpi , Ulrich Geppert , Dany Page

After a brief review of population synthesis of close-by cooling neutron stars, I focus on the interpretation of dichotomy of spin periods of near-by coolers. The existence of two well separated groups -- short period ($\sim$0.1-0.3 s)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-23 S. B. Popov

We look at two contrasting spin-down models for isolated radio pulsars and, accounting for selection effects, synthesize observable populations. While our goal is to reproduce all of the observable characteristics, in this paper we pay…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Joshua P. Ridley , Duncan R. Lorimer

Estimations of magnetic fields of neutron stars, observed as radio and X-ray pulsars, are discussed. It is shown, that theoretical and observational values for different types of radiopulsars are in good correspondence. Magnetic fields of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

Anomalous X-ray pulsars and soft gamma repeaters are slowly rotating, young, and isolated neutron stars exhibiting sporadic outbursts and high X-ray quiescent luminosities. They are believed to be powered by ultrastrong magnetic fields,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-02 Tushar Mondal