Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-05-15
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.383:1551-1580,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
32 pages, 6 figures; derivations shortened, comments and references added; accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12660.x
We determine constraints on the form of axisymmetric toroidal magnetic fields dictated by hydrostatic balance in a type II superconducting neutron star with a barotropic equation of state. Using Lagrangian perturbation theory, we find the quadrupolar distortions due to such fields for various models of neutron stars with type II superconducting and normal regions. We find that the star becomes prolate and can be sufficiently distorted to display precession with a period of the order of years. We also study the stability of such fields using an energy principle, which allows us to extend the stability criteria established by R. J. Tayler for normal conductors to more general media with magnetic free energy that depends on density and magnetic induction, such as type II superconductors. We also derive the growth rate and instability conditions for a specific instability of type II superconductors, first discussed by P. Muzikar, C. J. Pethick and P. H. Roberts, using a local analysis based on perturbations around a uniform background.
Akgün Taner
Wasserman Ira
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