Gravity seminar - Toby Wood Seminar
- Time:
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Date:
- 19Ìý²Ñ²¹°ù³¦³óÌý2015
- Venue:
- 54/5B
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Kyriaki Dionysopoulou at k.dionysopoulou@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
A 3D MHD model of a neutron star crust
The outer layers of a neutron star are compressed into a solid ionic lattice, through which strong electric currents flow and generate tremendous magnetic fields. This magnetic field plays a central role in all the observable phenomena in pulsars, including glitches, flares, spindown, and surface temperature anomalies. This talk will present recent analytical and numerical results concerning the magneto-hydrodynamics of the crust, and the implications for neutron star observations.
Speaker information
Toby Wood , Newcastle