Elasticity suppresses the magnetorotational instability in neutron-star crusts unless the star spins faster than roughly 300 Hz, so pre-merger magnetic field amplification requires a rapidly rotating binary.
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Magnetorotational instabilities in solids: Application to neutron-star crusts
Elasticity suppresses the magnetorotational instability in neutron-star crusts unless the star spins faster than roughly 300 Hz, so pre-merger magnetic field amplification requires a rapidly rotating binary.