1. Frequency spectrum of toroidal Alfv\'en mode in a neutron star with Ferraro's form of nonhomogeneous poloidal magnetic field
- Author
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I. V. Molodtsova, S. H. Lan, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, E. H. Wu, S. I. Bastrukov, and G.-T. Chen
- Subjects
Physics ,Toroid ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Rotational symmetry ,Flux ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Magnetic field ,Computational physics ,Vibration ,Dipole ,Neutron star ,Variational method ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
Using the energy variational method of magneto-solid-mechanical theory of a perfectly conducting elastic medium threaded by magnetic field, the frequency spectrum of Lorentz-force-driven global torsional nodeless vibrations of a neutron star with Ferraro's form of axisymmetric poloidal nonhomogeneous internal and dipole-like external magnetic field is obtained and compared with that for this toroidal Alfv\'en mode in a neutron star with homogeneous internal and dipolar external magnetic field. The relevance of considered asteroseismic models to quasi-periodic oscillations of the X-ray flux during the ultra powerful outbursts of SGR 1806-20 and SGR 1900+14 is discussed., Comment: Accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science
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- 2009