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The effective potential energy of the particles in the field of rotating uniformly magnetized celestial body is investigated. The axis of rotation coincides with the axis of the magnetic field. Electromagnetic field of the body is composed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-11 V. Epp , O. N. Pervukhina

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

The problem of interaction of the rotating magnetic field, frozen to a star, with a thin well conducting accretion disk is solved exactly. It is shown that a disk pushes the magnetic field lines towards a star, compressing the stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Ya. N. Istomin , P. Haensel

We propose a scenario for the quasi-periodic oscillations observed in magnetar flares wherein a tangled component of the stellar magnetic field introduces nearly isotropic stress that gives the fluid core of the star an effective shear…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-05 Bennett Link , C. Anthony van Eysden

We provide analytic solutions of the net magnetic field generated by spherical and solenoidal coils enclosed in highly-permeable, coaxial magnetic shields. We consider both spherical and cylindrical shields in the case of the spherical coil…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 C. -Y. Liu , T. Andalib , D. C. M. Ostapchuk , C. P. Bidinosti

An analytic model of the magnetic field line behavior in a stellarator is used to study the subtlety of the concept of an outermost magnetic surface. The analytic model that we use has a central region of nested magnetic surfaces. The…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-21 Alkesh Punjabi , Allen H. Boozer

We present a technique that combines Zeeman Doppler imaging (ZDI) principles with a potential field mapping prescription in order to gain more information about the surface field topology of rapid rotators. This technique is an improvement…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. A. J. Hussain , M. Jardine , A. Collier Cameron

We propose an innovative design for a vector magnet compatible with neutron scattering experiments. This would vastly expand the range of experimental possibilities since applying a magnetic field and orienting the sample in diffraction…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-28 P. Lavie , A. M. Bataille , A. Peugeot , P. Bredy , C. Berriaud , A. Daël , J. -M. Riffet , S. Klimko , J. -L. Meuriot , T. Robillard , G. Aubert

A central issue in the design of tokamaks or stellarators is the coils that produce the external magnetic fields. The freedom that remains unstudied in the design of coils is enormous. This freedom could be quickly studied computationally…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Allen H Boozer

A novel model for collimation and transport of electron-positron-ion jets is presented. Analytical results show that the filamentary structures can be sustained by self-induced toroidal magnetic fields permeating through the filaments,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Mitsuru Honda , Yasuko S. Honda

We calculate the polarization of synchrotron radiation produced at the relativistic reconfinement shocks, taking into account globally ordered magnetic field components, in particular toroidal and helical fields. In these shocks, toroidal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-07-02 Krzysztof Nalewajko , Marek Sikora

We construct barotropic stellar equilibria, containing magnetic fields with both poloidal and toroidal field components. We extend earlier results by exploring the effect of different magnetic field and current distributions. Our results…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. K. Lander , D. I. Jones

The configuration and evolution of the magnetic field in star-forming cores are investigated in order to directly compare simulations and observations. We prepare four different initial clouds having different magnetic field strengths and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Akimasa Kataoka , Masahiro N. Machida , Kohji Tomisaka

The rapidly emerging technology of high-temperature superconductors (HTS) opens new opportunities for the development of non-planar non-insulated HTS magnets. This type of HTS magnet offers attractive features via its simplicity,…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Carlos Paz-Soldan

Magnetic fields are known to play a crucial role in the star formation process, particularly in the formation of jets and outflows from protostellar discs. The magnetic field structure in star forming regions is not always uniform and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Isabella A. Gerrard , Christoph Federrath , Rajika Kuruwita

We show that the stability (existence/absence) and interaction (repulsion/attraction) of chiral solitons in monoaxial chiral magnets can be varied by tilting the direction of magnetic field. We, thereby, elucidate that the condensation of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-09-17 Yusuke Masaki , Ryuya Aoki , Yoshihiko Togawa , Yusuke Kato

Focusing through a tilted dielectric interface is studied, and an explicit expression for the electric field in the focal region is found. In the case of small tilt angles, one obtains a focal shift, and only a simple aberration term…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. E. Helseth

The MiMeS project demonstrated that a small fraction of massive stars (around 7%) presents large-scale, stable, generally dipolar magnetic fields at their surface. They are supposed to be fossil remnants of initial phases of stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Constance Emeriau , Stéphane Mathis

Despite the lack of a shear-rich tachocline region low-mass fully convective stars are capable of generating strong magnetic fields, indicating that a dynamo mechanism fundamentally different from the solar dynamo is at work in these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 Rakesh K. Yadav , Ulrich R. Christensen , Julien Morin , Thomas Gastine , Ansgar Reiners , Katja Poppenhaeger , Scott J. Wolk

There is growing evidence, based on both X-ray and radio observations of isolated neutron stars, that besides the large--scale (dipolar) magnetic field, which determines the pulsar spin--down behaviour, small--scale poloidal field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 U. Geppert , M. Rheinhardt , J. Gil