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    Global simulations of strongly magnetized remnant massive neutron stars formed in binary neutron star mergers

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    We perform a general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics simulation for 30\approx 30 ms after merger of a binary neutron star to a remnant massive neutron star (RMNS) with a high spatial resolution of the finest grid resolution 12.512.5 m. First, we estimate that the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at merger could amplify the magnetic-field energy up to 1%\sim 1\% of the thermal energy. Second, we find that the magnetorotational instability in the RMNS envelope and torus with ρ<1013 g cm3\rho < 10^{13}~{\rm g~cm^{-3}} sustains magneto-turbulent state and the effective viscous parameter in these regions is likely to converge to 0.01\approx 0.01--0.020.02 with respect to the grid resolution. Third, the current grid resolution is not still fine enough to sustain magneto-turbulent state in the RMNS with ρ1013 g cm3\rho \ge 10^{13}~{\rm g~cm^{-3}}.Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures, PRD in pres
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