Multipolar Electromagnetic Emission of Newborn Magnetar
arXiv:2404.09251 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad6845
Abstract
It is generally recognized that the electromagnetic multipolar emission from magnetars can be used to explain radiation from Soft Gamma Repeaters (SGRs) or Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs), but they have little impact on the spindown of magnetars. We here present a comprehensive analytical solution for the neutron star multipolar electromagnetic fields and their associated expected luminosities. We find that for newborn millisecond magnetars, the spin-down luminosity from higher multipolar components can match or even exceed that from the dipole component. Such high-intensity radiation will undoubtedly affect related astrophysical phenomena at the birth of a magnetar. We show that the spin-down luminosity from multipoles can well explain the majority of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) afterglows, from the plateau starting at several hundred seconds till the normal decay phase lasting for many years. The fitted magnetar parameters for GRB afterglows are all typical values, with spins in the millisecond range and magnetic field strengths in the order of Gauss. Our results in turn, provide support for the hypothesis that GRBs originate from the birth of magnetars with a few millisecond period, thus deepening our understanding of the complex magnetic field structure and the equation of state of magnetars.
Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
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