On the Origin of Pulsar and Magnetar Magnetic Fields
Abstract
Abstract In order to address the generation of neutron star magnetic fields, with particular focus on the dichotomy between magnetars and radio pulsars, we consider the properties of dynamos as inferred from other astrophysical systems. With sufficiently low (modified) Rossby number, convective dynamos are known to produce dipole-dominated fields whose strength scales with convective flux, and we argue that these expectations should apply to the convective protoneutron stars (PNSs) at the centers of core-collapse supernovae. We analyze a suite of three-dimensional simulations of core collapse, featuring a realistic equation of state and full neutrino transport, in this context. All our progenitor models, ranging from 9 M ⊙ to 25 M ⊙ , including one with initial rotation, have sufficiently vigorous PNS convection to generate dipole fields of order ∼10 15 Gauss, if the modified Rossby number resides in the critical range. Thus, the magnetar/radio pulsar dichotomy may arise naturally in part from the distribution of core rotation rates in massive stars.
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- Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1845596
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1981248
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018297; AC02-06CH11357; AC03-76SF00098
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal Journal Volume: 926 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
- Publisher:
- American Astronomical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; magnetic fields; core-collapse supernovae; supernova dynamics; neutron stars; radio pulsars; magnetars
Citation Formats
White, Christopher J., Burrows, Adam, Coleman, Matthew S. B., and Vartanyan, David. On the Origin of Pulsar and Magnetar Magnetic Fields. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac4507.
White, Christopher J., Burrows, Adam, Coleman, Matthew S. B., & Vartanyan, David. On the Origin of Pulsar and Magnetar Magnetic Fields. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4507
White, Christopher J., Burrows, Adam, Coleman, Matthew S. B., and Vartanyan, David. Thu .
"On the Origin of Pulsar and Magnetar Magnetic Fields". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4507.
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title = {On the Origin of Pulsar and Magnetar Magnetic Fields},
author = {White, Christopher J. and Burrows, Adam and Coleman, Matthew S. B. and Vartanyan, David},
abstractNote = {Abstract In order to address the generation of neutron star magnetic fields, with particular focus on the dichotomy between magnetars and radio pulsars, we consider the properties of dynamos as inferred from other astrophysical systems. With sufficiently low (modified) Rossby number, convective dynamos are known to produce dipole-dominated fields whose strength scales with convective flux, and we argue that these expectations should apply to the convective protoneutron stars (PNSs) at the centers of core-collapse supernovae. We analyze a suite of three-dimensional simulations of core collapse, featuring a realistic equation of state and full neutrino transport, in this context. All our progenitor models, ranging from 9 M ⊙ to 25 M ⊙ , including one with initial rotation, have sufficiently vigorous PNS convection to generate dipole fields of order ∼10 15 Gauss, if the modified Rossby number resides in the critical range. Thus, the magnetar/radio pulsar dichotomy may arise naturally in part from the distribution of core rotation rates in massive stars.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ac4507},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
number = 2,
volume = 926,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Thu Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2022}
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