2010

Evolutions of Magnetized and Rotating Neutron Stars

Liebling, Steven L., Lehner, Luis, Neilsen, David et al.

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We study the evolution of magnetized and rigidly rotating neutron stars within a fully general relativistic implementation of ideal magnetohydrodynamics with no assumed symmetries in three spatial dimensions.

  • The stars are modeled as rotating, magnetized polytropic stars and we examine diverse scenarios to study their dynamics and stability properties.
  • In particular we concentrate on the stability of the stars and possible critical behavior.
  • In addition to their intrinsic physical significance, we use these evolutions as further tests of our implementation which incorporates new developments to handle magnetized systems.

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