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Superfluid signatures in magnetar seismology

Superfluid signatures in magnetar seismology
Superfluid signatures in magnetar seismology
We investigate the role of neutron star superfluidity for magnetar oscillations. Using a plane-wave analysis, we estimate the effects of a neutron superfluid in the elastic crust region. We demonstrate that the superfluid imprint is likely to be more significant than the effects of the crustal magnetic field. We also consider the region immediately beneath the crust, where superfluid neutrons are thought to coexist with a type II proton superconductor. Since the magnetic field in the latter is carried by an array of fluxtubes, the dynamics of this region differ from standard magnetohydrodynamics. We show that the presence of the neutron superfluid (again) leaves a clear imprint on the oscillations of the system. Taken together, our estimates show that the superfluid components cannot be ignored in efforts to carry out 'magnetar seismology'. This increases the level of complexity of the modelling problem, but also points to the possibility of using observations to probe the superfluid nature of supranuclear matter.
dense matter, gravitation, MHD, stars: neutron, stars: oscillations
1365-2966
894-899
Andersson, N.
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Glampedakis, K.
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Samuelsson, L.
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Andersson, N.
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Glampedakis, K.
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Samuelsson, L.
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Andersson, N., Glampedakis, K. and Samuelsson, L. (2009) Superfluid signatures in magnetar seismology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 396 (2), 894-899. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14734.x).

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We investigate the role of neutron star superfluidity for magnetar oscillations. Using a plane-wave analysis, we estimate the effects of a neutron superfluid in the elastic crust region. We demonstrate that the superfluid imprint is likely to be more significant than the effects of the crustal magnetic field. We also consider the region immediately beneath the crust, where superfluid neutrons are thought to coexist with a type II proton superconductor. Since the magnetic field in the latter is carried by an array of fluxtubes, the dynamics of this region differ from standard magnetohydrodynamics. We show that the presence of the neutron superfluid (again) leaves a clear imprint on the oscillations of the system. Taken together, our estimates show that the superfluid components cannot be ignored in efforts to carry out 'magnetar seismology'. This increases the level of complexity of the modelling problem, but also points to the possibility of using observations to probe the superfluid nature of supranuclear matter.

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Published date: June 2009
Keywords: dense matter, gravitation, MHD, stars: neutron, stars: oscillations

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Local EPrints ID: 151301
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/151301
ISSN: 1365-2966
PURE UUID: c4a0839d-420a-441d-9260-ed9aa949f766
ORCID for N. Andersson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8550-3843

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Date deposited: 10 May 2010 10:48
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:42

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Author: N. Andersson ORCID iD
Author: K. Glampedakis
Author: L. Samuelsson

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