Astrophysics > High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
[Submitted on 2 Aug 2021 (v1), last revised 13 Oct 2021 (this version, v3)]
Title:Implications of oscillating toroidal fields of proto-neutron stars for pulsars and magnetars
View PDFAbstract:A fraction of young neutron stars, magnetars, have ultra-strong magnetic fields. Models invoked for their strong fields require highly specific conditions with extreme parameters which are incompatible with the inference that the magnetar birth rate is comparable to the rate of core-collapse supernovae. We suggest that these seemingly contradictory trends can be reconciled if the toroidal magnetic fields are subject to oscillations following the proto-neutron star (PNS) dynamo stage. Depending on the phase of the oscillation at which the oscillations are terminated, the neutron star can have a very high ($\gtrsim 10^{15}\,{\rm G}$) or relatively small ($\sim 10^{14}\,{\rm G}$) toroidal field. As an example, we invoke a shear-driven dynamo model for the generation of PNS magnetic fields and show that the toroidal field indeed exhibits oscillations following the dynamo stage. We argue that these Alfvénic oscillations can lead to the formation of both magnetars and ordinary neutron stars depending on at what phase of the oscillation the fields froze.
Submission history
From: Kazim Yavuz Ekşi [view email][v1] Mon, 2 Aug 2021 17:15:55 UTC (803 KB)
[v2] Wed, 4 Aug 2021 15:01:43 UTC (803 KB)
[v3] Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:38:45 UTC (800 KB)
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