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(Abridged) The rotational evolution of isolated neutron stars is dominated by the magnetic field anchored to the solid crust of the star. Assuming that the core field evolves on much longer timescales, the crustal field evolves mainly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-11 Jose A. Pons , Daniele Vigano , Ulrich Geppert

Neutron stars contain the strongest magnetic fields known in the Universe. In this paper, I discuss briefly how these magnetic fields are inferred from observations, as well as the evidence for their time-evolution. I show how these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-14 Andreas Reisenegger

This work investigates the impact of dark matter (DM) on the microscopic and macroscopic properties of proto-neutron stars (PNSs). We employ a single-fluid framework in which DM interacts with ordinary matter (OM) via the Higgs portal and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-23 Adamu Issifu , Débora P. Menezes , Tobias Frederico

Neutron stars host the strongest magnetic fields that we know of in the Universe. Their magnetic fields are the main means of generating their radiation, either magnetospheric or through the crust. Moreover, the evolution of the magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-24 Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Davide De Grandis , Andrei Igoshev

Neutron stars are natural physical laboratories allowing us to study a plethora of phenomena in extreme conditions. In particular, these compact objects can have very strong magnetic fields with non-trivial origin and evolution. In many…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-14 Andrei P. Igoshev , Sergei B. Popov , Rainer Hollerbach

To study properties of magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) convection and resultant dynamo activities in proto-neutron stars (PNSs), we construct a "PNS in a box" simulation model with solving compressible MHD equation coupled with a nuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-21 Youhei Masada , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake

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

We study the effects of magnetic fields on the evolution of differentially rotating neutron stars, which can form in stellar core collapse or binary neutron star coalescence. Magnetic braking and the magnetorotational instability (MRI) both…

The presence of superconducting and superfluid components in the core of mature neutron stars calls for the rethinking of a number of key magnetohydrodynamical notions like resistivity, the induction equation, magnetic energy and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-26 Vanessa Graber , Nils Andersson , Kostas Glampedakis , Samuel K. Lander

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

In this paper we investigate the evolution of binary neutron stars, namely, their magnetic field, spin, and orbital evolution. The core of a neutron star is considered to be a superfluid, superconductor type II. Flux expulsion of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-05 Shohreh Abdolrahimi

Neutron stars are the endpoint of the life of intermediate mass stars and posses in their cores matter in the most extreme conditions in the universe. Besides their extremes of temperature (found in proto-neutron stars) and densities,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-07 R. O. Gomes , S. Schramm , V. Dexheimer

The extraordinary energetic activity of magnetars is usually explained in terms of dissipation of a huge internal magnetic field of the order of $10^{15-16}$G. How such a strong magnetic field can originate during the formation of a neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 A. G. Pili , N. Bucciantini , L. Del Zanna

We construct general relativistic models of stationary, strongly magnetized neutron stars. The magnetic field configuration, obtained by solving the relativistic Grad-Shafranov equation, is a generalization of the twisted torus model…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Ciolfi , V. Ferrari , L. Gualtieri

Neutron stars are among the most fascinating astrophysical sources, being characterized by strong gravity, densities about the nuclear one or even above, and huge magnetic fields. Their observational signatures can be extremely diverse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-06 L. Del Zanna , A. G. Pili , B. Olmi , N. Bucciantini , E. Amato

The structural evolution of rotating protoneutron stars encodes essential information about their observable signatures, while microscopic properties provide complementary knowledge to advance observational investigations. Using a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-16 Franciele M. da Silva , Adamu Issifu , Luis C. N. Santos , Tobias Frederico , Débora P. Menezes

We investigate the evolution of the chiral magnetic instability in a protoneutron star and compute the resulting magnetic power and helicity spectra. The instability may act during the early cooling phase of the hot protoneutron star after…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-18 Günter Sigl , Natacha Leite

Even though the crystallize nature of the neutron star crust plays a pivotal role in describing various fascinating astrophysical observations, its microscopic structure is not fully understood in the presence of a colossal magnetic field.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-23 Vishal Parmar , H. C. Das , M. K. Sharma , S. K. Patra

This paper reviews the physics of stars, the type, structure, evolution and stability. Simple thermodynamics and statistical mechanics are used to show the inner working of white dwarf and neutron stars. The major concentration of the paper…

Popular Physics · Physics 2024-03-21 Anuj Chaudhri

A rotating fluid star, endowed with a magnetic field, can undergo a form of precessional motion: a sum of rigid-body free precession and a non-rigid response. On secular timescales this motion is dissipated by bulk and shear viscous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-26 S. K. Lander , D. I. Jones