2 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Effects of Rotation on the Gravitational Tug-Boat Mechanism for Neutron-Star Kicks and Implications for Spin-Kick Alignment
Yiming Lu, Eric G. Blackman
Neutron stars are often born with large recoil velocities, or natal kicks, whose physical origin remains an open question in core-collapse supernova theory. One possible mechanism…
astro-ph.SR2025
Constraining the origin of magnetic white dwarfs
Ananya Mohapatra, Eric G. Blackman
The origin of magnetic white dwarfs (MWDs) has been a long-standing puzzle. Proposed origin mechanisms have included: fossil fields frozen in from the progenitor convective core; a…