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Magnetohydrodynamic equilibria in barotropic stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

C. Armaza ,
A. Reisenegger ,
J. A. Valdivia  and
P. Marchant
C. Armaza
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 782-0436 Macul, Santiago, Chile email: cyarmaza@uc.cl
A. Reisenegger
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 782-0436 Macul, Santiago, Chile email: cyarmaza@uc.cl
J. A. Valdivia
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
P. Marchant
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 782-0436 Macul, Santiago, Chile email: cyarmaza@uc.cl Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121, Bonn, Germany
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Abstract

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Although barotropic matter does not constitute a realistic model for magnetic stars on short timescales, it would be interesting to confirm a recent conjecture that states that magnetized stars with a barotropic equation of state would be dynamically unstable (Reisenegger 2009). In this work we construct a set of barotropic equilibria, which can eventually be tested using a stability criterion. A general description of the ideal MHD equations governing these equilibria is summarized, allowing for both poloidal and toroidal magnetic field components. A new finite-difference numerical code is developed in order to solve the so-called Grad-Shafranov equation describing the equilibrium of these configurations, and some properties of the equilibria obtained are briefly discussed.

Keywords

MHDstars: magnetic field
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S302: Magnetic Fields throughout Stellar Evolution , August 2013 , pp. 419 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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