The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death

Session

Evening session - Parallel A

26 Mar 2014, 17:00

Conveners

Evening session - Parallel A

• H.-Thomas Janka (MPI Garching, Germany)

67. The long-term post-outburst spin down of low magnetic field magnetar Swift J1822.3-1606

Mr Paul Scholz (McGill University)

26/03/2014, 17:00

The magnetar Swift J1822.3-1606 was discovered when it entered an outburst phase in 2011 July. Previous X-ray studies of its post-outburst rotational evolution yielded inconsistent measurements of the spin-inferred magnetic field. However, it was clear that Swift J1822.3-1606 has the second lowest spin-inferred magnetic field of all known magnetars. Here we present the timing behavior and flux...

87. Repeated, Delayed Torque Instabilities Following Flux Enhancement in the Magnetar 1E 1048.1 5937

Robert Archibald

26/03/2014, 17:20

1E 1048.1-5937 is one of the most active magnetars, having exhibited three long-term flux flares, as well as several SGR-like bursts, pulse profile changes, and timing anomalies in 16 years of previous monitoring. This pulsar has also displayed behavior not seen in any other magnetar: on the order of 100 days after the start of two of these flux flares, the spin-down rate underwent a period of...

56. Superfluid magneto-elastic oscillations in Magnetars

Dr Michael Gabler (MPA Garching)

26/03/2014, 17:40

Our numerical simulations show that axisymmetric, torsional, magnetoelastic oscillations of magnetars with a superfluid core can explain the whole range of observed quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) in the giant flares of soft gamma-ray repeaters. There exist constant phase QPOs at $f\lesssim150$\,Hz and resonantly excited high-frequency QPOs ($f>500$\,Hz), in good agreement...

57. Superfluid and superconducting magnetars and QPO spectrum

Dr Andrea Passamonti (INAF-Observatory of Rome)

26/03/2014, 18:00

The analysis of Quasi Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in Magnetars provided the first application of Asteroseismology in neutron stars. These oscillations are likely identified with magneto-elastic waves which originate in the giant flares. Cooling calculations show that magnetars become superfluid/superconducting systems in few hundred years from their birth. In this talk I will present the...

58. Three evolutionary paths for magnetar oscillations

Kostas Glampedakis

26/03/2014, 18:20

Quasi-periodic oscillations have been seen in the light curves following several magnetar giant flares. These oscillations are of great interest as they probably provide our first ever view of the normal modes of oscillation of neutron stars. The state-of-the-art lies in the study of the oscillations of elastic-magnetic stellar models, mainly with a view to relating the observed frequencies...