Physics
Scientific paper
May 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...408..194t&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 408, no. 1, p. 194-217.
Physics
491
Dynamo Theory, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Stellar Convection, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Physics, Gamma Ray Bursts, Stellar Interiors, Supernovae
Scientific paper
Neutron star convection is a transient phenomenon and has an extremely high magnetic Reynolds number. In this sense, a neutron star dynamo is the quintessential fast dynamo. The convective motions are only mildly turbulent on scales larger than the approximately 100 cm neutrino mean free path, but the turbulence is well developed on smaller scales. Several fundamental issues in the theory of fast dynamos are raised in the study of a neutron star dynamo, in particular the possibility of dynamo action in mirror-symmetric turbulence. It is argued that in any high magnetic Reynolds number dynamo, most of the magnetic energy becomes concentrated in thin flux ropes when the field pressure exceeds the turbulent pressure at the smallest scale of turbulence. In addition, the possibilities for dynamo action during the various (pre-collapse) stages of convective motion that occur in the evolution of a massive star are examined, and the properties of white dwarf and neutron star progenitors are contrasted.
Duncan Robert C.
Thompson Christopher
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