Does mass accretion lead to field decay in neutron stars

Details Does mass accretion lead to field decay in neutron stars Does mass accretion lead to field decay in neutron stars

Nov 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989stin...9022470s&link_type=abstract

In Columbia Univ., Physics of Systems Containing Neutron Stars 9 p (SEE N90-22467 15-89)

Physics

Accretion Disks, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Radioactive Decay, Stellar Mass, Cyclotron Radiation, Field Strength, Gamma Rays, Stellar Magnetic Fields

Scientific paper

The recent discovery of cyclotron lines from gamma-ray bursts indicates that the strong magnetic fields of isolated neutron stars might not decay. The possible inverse correlation between the strength of the magnetic field and the mass accreted by the neutron star suggests that mass accretion itself may lead to the decay of the magnetic field. The spin and magnetic field evolution of the neutron star was calculated under the hypothesis of the accretion-induced field decay. It is shown that the calculated results are consistent with the observations of binary and millisecond radio pulsars.

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