Ohmic decay of magnetic flux expelled from neutron star interiors

被引:21
作者
Bhattacharya, D [1 ]
Datta, B [1 ]
机构
[1] INDIAN INST ASTROPHYS, BANGALORE 560034, KARNATAKA, INDIA
关键词
magnetic fields; stars; neutron; pulsars; general;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/282.3.1059
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study Ohmic diffusion of magnetic flux expelled from the superconducting core of a neutron star to its crust owing to spindown-induced field evolution. We rind that Ohmic decay time-scales in the range 10(7.5)-10(9) yr obtain for a wide range of crustal temperatures and impurity concentrations for various equation of state models of neutron star matter. This result is in agreement with the Ohmic time-scale that appears to be required to explain observed magnetic field strengths of isolated and binary neutron stars in the spindown-induced magnetic flux expulsion scenario.
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页码:1059 / 1063
页数:5
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