Ambipolar decay of magnetic field in magnetars and the observed magnetar activities

DOI10.1142/S0217732321501443zbMATH Open1487.85009arXiv2009.09649OpenAlexW3181837232MaRDI QIDQ5067239FDOQ5067239

Monika Sinha, Badal Bhalla

Publication date: 1 April 2022

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Magnetars are comparatively young neutron stars with ultra-strong surface magnetic field in the range $10^{14-16}$ G. The old neutron stars have surface magnetic field some what less $sim10^8$ G which clearly indicates the decay of field with time. One possible way of magnetic field decay is by ambipolar diffusion. We describe the general procedure to solve for the ambipolar velocity inside the star core without any approximation. With a realistic model of neutron star we determine the ambipolar velocity configuration inside the neutron star core and hence find the ambipolar decay rate and time scale which is consistent with the magnetar observations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.09649

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zbMATH Keywords

magnetic fieldneutron starsmagnetars

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Interface problems; diffusion-limited aggregation arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B24) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Mono-, di- and multipole moments (EM and other), gyromagnetic relations (81V60)

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