{
  "id": "1501.05149",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-01-21T12:04:52.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-01-21T12:04:52.000Z",
  "title": "Three-dimensional simulations of the magnetic stress in a neutron star crust",
  "authors": [
    "Toby S Wood",
    "Rainer Hollerbach"
  ],
  "comment": "5 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.SR"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present the first fully self-consistent three-dimensional model of a neutron star's magnetic field, generated by electric currents in the star's crust via the Hall effect. We find that the global-scale field converges to a Hall-attractor state, as seen in recent axisymmetric models, but that small-scale features in the magnetic field survive even on much longer timescales. These small-scale features propagate toward the dipole equator, where the crustal electric currents organize themselves into a strong equatorial jet. By calculating the distribution of magnetic stresses in the crust, we predict that neutron stars with fields stronger than $10^{14}$G can still be subject to starquakes more than $10^5$yr after their formation.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-01-21T12:04:52.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "neutron star crust",
      "magnetic stress",
      "three-dimensional simulations",
      "small-scale features",
      "first fully self-consistent three-dimensional model"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}