Non-Riemmanian geometry, force-free magnetospheres and the generalized Grad-Shafranov equation

DOI10.1142/S0219887819500130zbMATH Open1414.85007arXiv1812.04481OpenAlexW2899431407MaRDI QIDQ4615128FDOQ4615128

Authors: Diego Julio Cirilo-Lombardo 

Publication date: 1 February 2019

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The magnetosphere structure of a magnetar is considered in the context of a theory of gravity with dynamical torsion field beyond the standard General Relativity (GR). To this end, the axially symmetric version of the Grad-Shafranov equation (GSE) is obtained in this theoretical framework. The resulting GSE solution in the case of the magnetosphere corresponds to a stream function containing also a pseudoscalar part. This function solution under axisymmetry presents a complex character that (as in the quantum field theoretical case) could be associated with an axidilaton field. Magnetar-pulsar mechanism is suggested and the conjecture about the origin of the excess energy due the GSE describing the magnetosphere dynamics is claimed. We also show that two main parameters of the electrodynamic processes (as described in GR framework by Goldreich and Julian (GJ) in 1969 [5]) are modified but the electron-positron pair rate N remains invariant. The possible application of our generalized equation (defined in a non-Riemannian geometry) to astrophysical scenarios involving emission of energy by gravitational waves, as described in the context of GR in [18], is briefly discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.04481

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational wavesGrad-Shafranov equationdynamical torsionnon-Riemannian geometrymagnetar modelmagnetosphere dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Gravitational waves (83C35) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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