On obliquely magnetized and differentially rotating stars
arXiv:1501.04211 · doi:10.1088/0004-637X/806/1/50
Abstract
We investigate the interaction of differential rotation and a misaligned magnetic field. The incompressible magnetohydrodynamic equations are solved numerically for a free-decay problem. In the kinematic limit, differential rotation annihilates the non-axisymmetric field on a timescale proportional to the cube root of magnetic Reynolds number (), as predicted by Rädler. Nonlinearly, the outcome depends upon the initial energy in the non-axisymmetric part of the field. Sufficiently weak fields approach axisymmetry as in the kinematic limit; some differential rotation survives across magnetic surfaces, at least on intermediate timescales. Stronger fields enforce uniform rotation and remain non-axisymmetric. The initial field strength that divides these two regimes does not follow the scaling predicted by quasi-kinematic arguments, perhaps because our is never sufficiently large or because of reconnection. We discuss the possible relevance of these results to tidal synchronization and tidal heating of close binary stars, particularly double white dwarfs.
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