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The de-excited energy of electron capture (EC) induced by magnetic field decay may be a new source for heating magnetar crust, so we do a quantitative calculation on the EC process near the outer crust and analyze their influence on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Jie Zhang

We present analysis of multiple Chandra and XMM-Newton spectra, separated by 9-19 years, of four of the youngest central compact objects (CCOs) with ages < 2500 yr: CXOU J232327.9+584842 (Cassiopeia A), CXOU J160103.1-513353 (G330.2+1.0),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-10 Wynn C. G. Ho , Yue Zhao , Craig O. Heinke , D. L. Kaplan , Peter S. Shternin , M. J. P. Wijngaarden

The highly tangled magnetic field of a magnetar supports shear waves similar to Alfv\'en waves in an ordered magnetic field. Here we explore if torsional modes excited in the stellar interior and magnetosphere can explain the quasi-periodic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-22 Joseph Bretz , C. A. van Eysden , Bennett Link

We study the effects of magnetic fields and rotation on the core collapse of a star of an initial mass of M = 20 solar masses using axisymmetric simulations coupling special relativistic magnetohydrodynamics, an approximately relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-26 M. Obergaulinger , O. Just , M. Á. Aloy

We study the effect of strong magnetic fields, of the order of $10^{15}-10^{17}$ G, on the extension of the crust of magnetized neutron stars. The dynamical instability region of neutron-proton-electron ($npe$) matter at subsaturation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-12-14 Jianjun Fang , Sidney Avancini , Helena Pais , Constança Providência

Observations show that the magnetic field in young supernova remnants (SNRs) is significantly stronger than can be expected from the compression of the circumstellar medium (CSM) by a factor of four expected for strong blast waves.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-08-05 K. M. Schure , J. Vink , A. Achterberg , R. Keppens

When the effective temperature of a cooling white dwarf $T_{\rm eff}$ drops below the ionization limit, it develops a surface convection zone that may generate a magnetic field $B$ through one of several dynamo mechanisms. We revisit this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-09 Rom Yaakovyan , Sivan Ginzburg , Jim Fuller , Nicholas Z. Rui

In this paper, we first discuss a series of important but puzzling physical mechanisms concerning the energy source, various kinds of core collapsed supernovae explosion mechanisms during central gravitational collapse in astrophysics. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Qiu-He Peng , Jing-Jing Liu , Chih-Kang Chou

A wealth of X-ray and radio observations has revealed in the past decade a growing diversity of neutron stars (NSs) with properties spanning orders of magnitude in magnetic field strength and ages, and with emission processes explained by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-01 Adam Rogers , Samar Safi-Harb

The central pointlike X-ray source of the Cas A supernova remnant was discovered in the Chandra First Light Observation and found later in the archival ROSAT and Einstein images. The analysis of these data does not show statistically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. G. Pavlov , V. E. Zavlin , B. Aschenbach , J. Truemper , D. Sanwal

We present the formalism and numerical results for torsional oscillations of relativistic stars endowed with a strong dipole magnetic field. We do a systematic search of parameter space by computing torsional mode frequencies for various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Sotani , K. D. Kokkotas , N. Stergioulas

Magnetic halos of galaxies are crucial for understanding galaxy evolution, galactic-scale outflows, and feedback from star formation activity. Identifying the magnetised halo of the Milky Way is challenging because of the potential…

Highly magnetized neutron stars (NSs) are characterized by a bewildering range of astrophysical manifestations. Here, building on our simulations of the evolution of magnetic stresses in the NS crust and its ensuing fractures (Perna & Pons…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-28 Jose A. Pons , Rosalba Perna

The observed upper bound on the spin down rate of the otherwise typical Soft Gamma-ray Repeater SGR 0418+5729 has challenged the interpretation of this source as a neutron star with ultrastrong magnetic fields. Current limits imply a dipole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-10-03 Tolga Guver , Ersin Gogus , Feryal Ozel

We considered recently as a new axion production mechanism the process $e^- \to e^- +a$ in a strong magnetic field $B$. Requiring that for a strongly magnetized neutron star the axion luminosity is smaller than the neutrino luminosity we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Kachelriess

We discuss the effects of strong magnetic fields through Landau quantization of electrons on the structure and stability of nuclei in neutron star crust. In strong magnetic fields, this leads to the enhancement of the electron number…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Rana Nandi , Debades Bandyopadhyay

Magnetic fields are believed to play an important role in controlling the stability and contraction of dense condensations of gas and dust leading to the formation of stars and planetary systems. In the present study, the magnetic field of…

We investigate the build-up of the galactic dynamo and subsequently the origin of a magnetic driven outflow. We use a setup of an isolated disc galaxy with a realistic circum-galactic medium (CGM). We find good agreement of the galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-01 Ulrich P. Steinwandel , Klaus Dolag , Harald Lesch , Benjamin P. Moster , Andreas Burkert , Almudena Prieto

The acceleration mechanisms of cosmic rays (CR) in supernova remnants (SNRs) and their associated compact central objects (CCOs) remain an open question in high-energy astrophysics. In this study, we perform a modeling of CR transport and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-22 Luana N. Padilha , Rubens Jr. Costa , Rita C. dos Anjos , Jaziel G. Coelho

Recently, it was proposed that an off-center dipole magnetic configuration, together with a non-trivial temperature profile, may be the best model to explain the X-ray light curve of PSR J0030+0451 observed by the Neutron Star Interior…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-22 Chun Huang , Alexander Y. Chen