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中子星的磁流体不稳定性

Hydromagnetic Instabilities in Neutron Stars

Paul D. Lasky, Burkhard Zink, Kostas D. Kokkotas, Kostas Glampedakis

摘要:

在广义相对论中,我们假设多方状态方程,建立了中子星极向磁场的非线性理想磁流体动力学模型。我们确定熟悉的磁流体模式,特别是“香肠/静脉曲张”模式和“扭结”固有的极向磁场的不稳定性。这种演化主要是由扭结不稳定性引起的,它导致了磁场的灾难性重构。系统随后演化到新的、非轴对称的、准平衡的最终状态。这个稳定的准平衡分支的存在可能会对磁星物理学产生影响,包括耀斑的产生机制和准周期振荡的解释。

英文摘要:

We model the non-linear ideal magnetohydrodynamics of poloidal magnetic fields in neutron stars in general relativity assuming a polytropic equation of state. We identify familiar hydromagnetic modes, in particular the 'sausage/varicose' mode and 'kink' instability inherent to poloidal magnetic fields. The evolution is dominated by the kink instability, which causes a cataclysmic reconfiguration of the magnetic field. The system subsequently evolves to new, non-axisymmetric, quasi-equilibrium end-states. The existence of this branch of stable quasi-equilibria may have consequences for magnetar physics, including flare generation mechanisms and interpretations of quasi-periodic oscillations.

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