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吸积中子星上磁约束山的三维稳定性

Three-dimensional stability of magnetically confined mountains on accreting neutron stars

M. Vigelius, A. Melatos

摘要:

我们研究磁约束山的磁流体稳定性,当物质在吸积的中子星的磁极积累时产生。我们扩展了以前的轴对称稳定性分析进行三维模拟,使用理想的磁流体动力学(理想MHD)代码\textsc{zeus-mp},调查所起的作用边界条件,吸积质量,恒星曲率,和(简要)环形磁场强度。我们发现,轴对称平衡容易受到波动子模式的帕克不稳定性,但不中断。恒星表面的线系边界条件对稳定山脉至关重要。的非线性三维饱和状态的不稳定性的特点是由一个小的程度的非轴对称性($\la 0.1$百分比)和质量椭圆率的$ε\sim 10^{-5}$的吸积质量的$M_a = 10^{-5} M_\odot$。因此,利用长基线干涉仪(如Advanced LIGO)探测吸积毫秒双星产生的引力波具有良好的前景。我们还调查了理想的磁流体动力学谱的系统,发现长波长极向模式的抑制有利于在非轴对称饱和状态的环形模式。

英文摘要:

We examine the hydromagnetic stability of magnetically confined mountains, which arise when material accumulates at the magnetic poles of an accreting neutron star. We extend a previous axisymmetric stability analysis by performing three-dimensional simulations using the ideal-magnetohydrodynamic (ideal-MHD) code \textsc{zeus-mp}, investigating the role played by boundary conditions, accreted mass, stellar curvature, and (briefly) toroidal magnetic field strength. We find that axisymmetric equilibria are susceptible to the undular sub-mode of the Parker instability but are not disrupted. The line-tying boundary condition at the stellar surface is crucial in stabilizing the mountain. The nonlinear three-dimensional saturation state of the instability is characterized by a small degree of nonaxisymmetry ($\la 0.1$ per cent) and a mass ellipticity of $ε\sim 10^{-5}$ for an accreted mass of $M_a = 10^{-5} M_\odot$. Hence there is a good prospect of detecting gravitational waves from accreting millisecond pulsars with long-baseline interferometers such as Advanced LIGO. We also investigate the ideal-MHD spectrum of the system, finding that long-wavelength poloidal modes are suppressed in favour of toroidal modes in the nonaxisymmetric saturation state.

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