General Relativistic Effects on the Ohmic Decay of Crustal Magnetic Fields in Neutron Stars

dc.contributor.author	Sengupta, S
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-01T09:44:25Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-01T09:44:25Z
dc.date.issued	1997-04
dc.identifier.citation	Astrophysical Journal Vol. 479, No. 2, Part 2, pp. L133 - L136	en
dc.identifier.issn	0004-637X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3292
dc.description.abstract	The ohmic decay of magnetic fields confined within the crust of neutron stars is considered by incorporating the effect of spacetime curvature produced by the intense gravitational field of the star. It is shown that the general relativistic effect reduces the magnetic field decay rate substantially and that, especially at the late time of the evolution, the decay rate decreases by several orders of magnitude when compared with the case without the relativistic effect.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The American Astronomical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/310601	en
dc.subject	Magnetic Fields	en
dc.subject	Relativity	en
dc.subject	Stars: Neutron	en
dc.title	General Relativistic Effects on the Ohmic Decay of Crustal Magnetic Fields in Neutron Stars	en
dc.type	Article	en