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Hydrogen Burning on Magnetar Surfaces
P. Chang, P. Arras, L. Bildsten
We compute the rate of diffusive nuclear burning for hydrogen on the surface of a "magnetar" (Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater or Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar). We find that hydrogen at the photo…
Radiation from condensed surface of magnetic neutron stars
Matthew van Adelsberg, Dong Lai, Alexander Y. Potekhin +1
Recent observations show that the thermal X-ray spectra of many isolated neutron stars are featureless and in some cases (e.g., RX J1856.5-3754) well fit by a blackbody. Such a per…
Seismology of the Accreting White Dwarf in GW Lib
Dean M. Townsley, Phil Arras, Lars Bildsten
We present a first analysis of the g-mode oscillation spectrum for the white dwarf (WD) primary of GW Lib, a faint cataclysmic variable (CV). Stable periodicities have been observe…
Magnetic Field Evolution in Neutron Star Crusts due to the Hall Effect and Ohmic Decay
Andrew Cumming, Phil Arras, Ellen G. Zweibel
We present calculations of magnetic field evolution by the Hall effect and Ohmic decay in neutron star crusts. We first discuss when and for which neutron stars the Hall effect is…