Universal Journal of Physics and Application Vol. 10(3), pp. 68 - 71
DOI: 10.13189/ujpa.2016.100302
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Origin of Strong Magnetic Fields of Magnetars

Qiu-he Peng ^1,2,*, Jie Zhang ², Men-quan Liu ², Chich-gang Chou ^3
1 Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, China
² Department of Physics, West-China Normal University, China
³ National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

ABSTRACT

Since there is ³P₂ neutron superfluid in neutron star interior, it can be treated as a system of magnetic dipoles. Under the presence of background magnetic field, the magnetic dipoles tend to align in the same direction. When the temperature is lower than 10⁷K, the strong magnetic fields of the magnetars may originate from the induced magnetic moment of the ³P₂ neutron Cooper pairs in the anisotropic neutron superfluid. And this gives a convenient explanation of the strong magnetic field of magnetars.

KEYWORDS
Magnetic Fields, Stars, Neutron, Pulsar, General

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[1] Qiu-he Peng , Jie Zhang , Men-quan Liu , Chich-gang Chou , "Origin of Strong Magnetic Fields of Magnetars," Universal Journal of Physics and Application, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 68 - 71, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/ujpa.2016.100302.

(b). APA Format:
Qiu-he Peng , Jie Zhang , Men-quan Liu , Chich-gang Chou (2016). Origin of Strong Magnetic Fields of Magnetars. Universal Journal of Physics and Application, 10(3), 68 - 71. DOI: 10.13189/ujpa.2016.100302.