期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 449, 期 2, 页码 2047-2058出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv432
关键词
asteroseismology; stars: magnetars; stars: magnetic field; stars: neutron
资金
- NWO Vidi grant
- NWO Aspasia grant
- STFC in the UK
- STFC [ST/M000931/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/M000931/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Crustquake events may be connected with both rapid spin-up 'glitches' within the regular slowdown of neutron stars, and high-energy magnetar flares. We argue that magnetic-field decay builds up stresses in a neutron star's crust, as the elastic shear force resists the Lorentz force's desire to rearrange the global magnetic-field equilibrium. We derive a criterion for crust-breaking induced by a changing magnetic-field configuration, and use this to investigate strain patterns in a neutron star's crust for a variety of different magnetic-field models. Universally, we find that the crust is most liable to break if the magnetic field has a strong toroidal component, in which case the epicentre of the crustquake is around the equator. We calculate the energy released in a crustquake as a function of the fracture depth, finding that it is independent of field strength. Crust-breaking is, however, associated with a characteristic local field strength of 2.4 x 10(14) G for a breaking strain of 0.001, or 2.4 x 10(15) G at a breaking strain of 0.1. We find that even the most luminous magnetar giant flare could have been powered by crustal energy release alone.
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