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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

Identifying universal, topology-independent thresholds in the coronal magnetic fields at onset of solar eruptions is crucial for physics-based prediction of eruptions. To this end, we systematically analyze the evolution of magnetic energy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 Xinkai Bian , Chaowei Jiang , Qingjun Liu , Yang Wang , Peng Zou , Xueshang Feng , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang

We conduct force-free simulations of a single neutron star undergoing orbital motion in flat spacetime, mimicking the trajectory of the star about the center of mass on a compact binary system. Our attention is focused on the kinetic energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-18 Federico Carrasco , Masaru Shibata

Adopting our new method for matching general relativistic, ideal magnetohydrodynamics to its force-free limit, we perform the first systematic simulations of force-free pulsar magnetospheres in general relativity. We endow the neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Milton Ruiz , Vasileios Paschalidis , Stuart L. Shapiro

We perform direct numerical simulations of forced and freely decaying 3D magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in order to model magnetic field evolution during cosmological phase transitions in the early Universe. Our approach assumes the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Tina Kahniashvili , Axel Brandenburg , Alexander G. Tevzadze , Bharat Ratra

Electron heating and mixing during asymmetric reconnection are studied with a 3D kinetic simulation that matches plasma parameters from Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft observations of a magnetopause diffusion region. The mixing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-04-04 Ari Le , William Daughton , Li-Jen Chen , Jan Egedal

The theory of large scale dynamos is reviewed with particular emphasis on the magnetic helicity constraint in the presence of closed and open boundaries. In the presence of closed or periodic boundaries, helical dynamos respond to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Brandenburg , W. Dobler , K. Subramanian

The phenomenology of the emission of pulsars and magnetars depends dramatically on the structure and properties of their magnetic field. In particular it is believed that the outbursting and flaring activity observed in AXPs and SRGs is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-22 N. Bucciantini , A. G. Pili , L. Del Zanna

This paper investigates the impact of an applied magnetic field on the yield and hot-spot temperature of inertial confinement fusion implosions. A scaling of temperature amplification due to magnetization is shown to be in agreement with…

Charged particles in a magnetosphere are spontaneously attracted to a planet while increasing their kinetic energy via inward diffusion process. A constraint on particles' micro-scale adiabatic invariants restricts the class of motions…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-11-08 Y. Ushida , Y. Kawazura , N. Sato , Z. Yoshida

The observations of magnetic field variations as a signature of flaring activity is one of the main goal in solar physics. Some efforts in the past give apparently no unambiguous observations of changes. We observed that the scaling laws of…

The impact of the magnetic field on postbounce supernova dynamics of non-rotating stellar cores is studied by performing three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations with spectral neutrino transport. The explodability of strongly and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-19 Jin Matsumoto , Yuta Asahina , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake , Hiroyuki R. Takahashi

We investigate the chiral magnetic instability in the crust of a neutron star as a potential mechanism for amplifying magnetic fields. This instability may become active when small deviations from chemical equilibrium are sustained over…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-13 Clara Dehman , José A. Pons

We examine two successive flare eruptions (X5.4 and X1.3) on 2012 March 7 in the NOAA active region 11429 and investigate the magnetic field reconfiguration associated with the two eruptions. Using an advanced non-linear force-free field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-22 Rui Wang , Ying D. Liu , Zhongwei Yang , Huidong Hu

Highly magnetized neutron stars are a source of extreme transients observed in different bands, like the fast radio burst (FRB) and associated hard X-ray burst from the Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154. The origin of such outbursts, hard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-07 J. F. Mahlmann

Magnetic fields spontaneously grow at unstable interfaces around hot-spot asymmetries during inertial confinement fusion implosions. Although difficult to measure, theoretical considerations and numerical simulations predict field strengths…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 James D. Sadler , Christopher A. Walsh , Ye Zhou , Hui Li

Using a 3D non-linear mean-field solar dynamo model, we investigate the magnetic helicity flux and magnetic twist, and tilt parameters of bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) emerging from the solar convection zone due to the magnetic buoyancy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-04 V. V. Pipin , Shangbin Yang , A. G. Kosovichev

The extreme space weather conditions resulting from high energetic events likes solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) demand for reliable space weather forecasting. The magnetic flux tubes while rising through the convection zone…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 B Lekshmi , Kiran Jain , Rudolf W. Komm , Dibyendu Nandy

By performing a global magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulation for the Milky Way with an axisymmetric gravitational potential, we propose that spatially dependent amplification of magnetic fields possibly explains the observed noncircular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 Takeru K. Suzuki , Yasuo Fukui , Kazufumi Torii , Mami Machida , Ryoji Matsumoto , Kensuke Kakiuchi

The relationship between solar eruption and sunspot rotation has been widely reported, and the underlying mechanism requires to be studied. Here we performed a full 3D MHD simulation of data-constrained approach to study the mechanism of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Xinyi Wang , Chaowei Jiang , Xueshang Feng , Aiying Duan , Xinkai Bian