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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 511, 期 1, 页码 732-745出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac102
关键词
MHD; software: simulations; stars: magnetic field; stars: massive; stars: neutron; stars: white dwarfs
资金
- FONDECYT [3190172, 1201582, 1190703]
- CEDENNA under CONICYT grant [AFB180001]
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [19-52-12013]
- BASAL CATA [PFB-06]
- FONDEQUIP [AIC-57]
- QUIMAL [130008]
- [Anillo ACT-86]
This article investigates the equilibrium configuration of magnetic fields inside stars through 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations. It finds that in stably stratified stars, initially random magnetic fields evolve to a stable equilibrium, but the nature of this equilibrium depends on the dissipation mechanisms considered, potentially leading to asymmetric magnetic fields.
Long-lived magnetic fields are known to exist in upper main-sequence stars, white dwarfs, and neutron stars. In order to explore possible equilibrium configurations of the magnetic field inside these stars, we have performed 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the evolution of initially random magnetic fields in stably stratified and barotropic stars with an ideal-gas equation of state using the pencil code, a high-order finite-difference code for compressible hydrodynamic flows in the presence of magnetic fields. In barotropic (isentropic) stars, we confirm previous results in the sense that all initial magnetic fields we tried decay away, unable to reach a stable equilibrium. In the case of stably stratified stars (with radially increasing specific entropy), initially random magnetic fields appear to always evolve to a stable equilibrium. However, the nature of this equilibrium depends on the dissipation mechanisms considered. If magnetic diffusivity (or hyper-diffusivity) is included, the final state is more axially symmetric and dominated by large wavelengths than the initial state, whereas this is not the case if only viscosity (or hyper-viscosity) is present. In real stars, the main mechanism allowing them to relax to equilibrium is likely to be phase mixing, which we argue is more closely mimicked by viscosity. Therefore, we conclude that, depending on its formation mechanism, the equilibrium magnetic field in these stars could in principle be very asymmetric.
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