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We study the mutual influence of thermal and magnetic evolution in a neutron star's crust in axial symmetry. Taking into account realistic microphysical inputs, we find the heat released by Joule effect consistent with the circulation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 J. A. Pons , J. A. Miralles , U. Geppert

In the presence of a strong magnetic field and under conditions as realized in the crust and the superfluid core of neutron stars the Hall--drift dominates the field evolution. We show by a linear analysis that for a sufficiently strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Rheinhardt , U. Geppert

In a recent paper by Link, it was pointed out that the the standard picture of the neutron star core, composed of a mixture of a neutron superfluid and a proton type-II superconductor, is inconsistent with observations of long period…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Kirk B. W. Buckley , Max A. Metlitski , Ariel R. Zhitnitsky

Neutron-star inner cores with several charged baryonic components are likely to be analogues of the two-gap superconductor which is of current interest in condensed-matter physics. Consequently, type I superconductivity is less probable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P B Jones

We use numerical MHD to look at the stability of a possible poloidal field in neutron stars (Flowers & Ruderman 1977), and follow its unstable evolution, which leads to the complete decay of the field. We then model a neutron star after the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Braithwaite , H. C. Spruit

As a massive star evolves through multiple stages of nuclear burning on its way to becoming a supernova, a complex, differentially rotating structure is set up. Angular momentum is transported by a variety of classic instabilities, and also…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Heger , S. E. Woosley , H. C. Spruit

The stability properties of newly born neutron stars, or proto--neutron stars, are considered. We take into account dissipative processes, such as neutrino transport and viscosity, in the presence of a magnetic field. In order to find the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Juan A. Miralles , Jose A. Pons , V. Urpin

We address the problem of magnetic field dissipation in the neutron star cores, focusing on the role of neutron superfluidity. Contrary to the results in the literature, we show that in the finite-temperature superfluid matter composed of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 E. M. Kantor , M. E. Gusakov

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

Because of the quantum fluid properties of a neutron star core's neutrons and protons, its magnetic field is expected to be coupled strongly to its spin. This predicts a simple evolution of the surface-field of such stars as they spin down…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Ruderman

The magnetic and thermal evolution of neutron stars is a very complex process with many nonlinear interactions. For a decent understanding of neutron star physics, these evolutions cannot be considered isolated. A brief overview is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-26 Ulrich Geppert

Extremely strong magnetic fields change the vacuum index of refraction. Although this polarization dependent effect is small for typical neutron stars, it is large enough to decouple the polarization states of photons traveling within the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jeremy S. Heyl , Nir J. Shaviv

We consider the expulsion of the magnetic field from the super-conducting core of a neutron star and its subsequent decay in the crust. Particular attention is paid to a strong feedback of the distortion of magnetic field lines in the crust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Konenkov , U. Geppert

Current models of magnetars require extremely strong magnetic fields to explain their observed quiescent and bursting emission, implying that the field strength within the star's outer crust is orders of magnitude larger than the dipole…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-07 Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Toby Wood , Rainer Hollerbach

The impact of strong magnetic fields B>10e13 G on the thermal evolution of neutron stars is investigated, including crustal heating by magnetic field decay. For this purpose, we perform 2D cooling simulations with anisotropic thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Deborah N. Aguilera , José A. Pons , Juan A. Miralles

During the life of isolated neutron stars (NSs) their magnetic field passes through a variety of evolutionary phases. Depending on its strength and structure and on the physical state of the NS (e.g. cooling, rotation), the field looks…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 U. Geppert

Traditionally, the subject of hydromagnetic equilibrium in neutron stars has been addressed in the context of standard magnetohydrodynamics, with matter obeying a barotropic equation of state. In this paper we take a step towards a more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Kostas Glampedakis , Nils Andersson , Samuel K. Lander

A superconductor of paired protons is thought to form in the core of neutron stars soon after their birth. Minimum energy conditions suggest magnetic flux is expelled from the superconducting region due to the Meissner effect, such that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-05 Wynn C. G. Ho , Nils Andersson , Vanessa Graber

There exists both theoretical and observational evidence that the magnetic field decay in neutron stars may proceed in a pronounced non--linear way during a certain episode of the neutron star's life. In the presence of a strong magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 U. Geppert , M. Rheinhardt

General relativistic superfluid neutron stars have a significantly more intricate dynamics than their ordinary fluid counterparts. Superfluidity allows different superfluid (and superconducting) species of particles to have independent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 G. L. Comer , R. Joynt