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Constraining the Origin of Magnetar Flares

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Bennett Link (Montana State University, Monash University)

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Submitted 18 Dec 2013

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The authors' main claim Mechanisms for both small and giant flares that rely on the sudden relaxation of the magnetic field of the core are rendered unviable by the impedance mismatch, requiring the energy that drives these events to be stored in the magnetosphere just before the flare. ends, unless the waves are quickly damped.

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CitationBennett Link (Montana State University, Monash University). "Constraining the Origin of Magnetar Flares." arXiv:1312.5144 (2013). https://pith.science/paper/2KFYC62T
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Sudden relaxation of the magnetic field in the core of a magnetar produces mechanical energy primarily in the form of shear waves which propagate to the surface and enter the magnetosphere as relativistic Alfv\'en waves. Due to a strong impedance mismatch, shear waves excited in the star suffer many reflections before exiting the star. If mechanical energy is deposited in the core and is converted {\em directly} to radiation upon propagation to the surface, the rise time of the emission is at least seconds to minutes, and probably minutes to hours for a realistic magnetic field geometry, at odds with observed rise times of $\lap 10$ ms for both and giant flares. Mechanisms for both small and giant flares that rely on the sudden relaxation of the magnetic field of the core are rendered unviable by the impedance mismatch, requiring the energy that drives these events to be stored in the magnetosphere just before the flare. ends, unless the waves are quickly damped.

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s0 Sudden relaxation of the magnetic field in the core of a magnetar produces mechanical energy primarily in the form of shear waves which propagate to the surface and enter the magnetosphere as relativistic Alfv\'en waves. background 0.85 0.21 0.04 asserted 1.00
s1 Due to a strong impedance mismatch, shear waves excited in the star suffer many reflections before exiting the star. background 0.50 0.23 0.04 asserted 1.00
s2 If mechanical energy is deposited in the core and is converted {\em directly} to radiation upon propagation to the surface, the rise time of the emission is at least seconds to minutes, and probably minutes to hours for a realistic magnetic field geometry, at odds with observed rise times of $\lap 10$ ms for both and giant flares. result 0.77 0.44 0.12 asserted 0.71
s3 Mechanisms for both small and giant flares that rely on the sudden relaxation of the magnetic field of the core are rendered unviable by the impedance mismatch, requiring the energy that drives these events to be stored in the magnetosphere just before the flare. ends, unless the waves are quickly damped. interpretation 0.67 0.60 0.84 asserted 0.97

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Sudden relaxation of the magnetic field in the core of a magnetar produces mechanical energy primarily in the form of shear waves which propagate to the surface and enter the magnetosphere as relativistic Alfv\'en waves. Due to a strong impedance mismatch, shear waves excited in the star suffer many reflections before exiting the star. If mechanical energy is deposited in the core and is converted {\em directly} to radiation upon propagation to the surface, the rise time of the emission is at least seconds to minutes, and probably minutes to hours for a realistic magnetic field geometry, at odds with observed rise times of $\lap 10$ ms for both and giant flares. Mechanisms for both small and giant flares that rely on the sudden relaxation of the magnetic field of the core are rendered unviable by the impedance mismatch, requiring the energy that drives these events to be stored in the magnetosphere just before the flare. ends, unless the waves are quickly damped.

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  • Issues currently being addressed include questions of emission [ref] , excitation [ref] , coupling to polar Alfvén modes [ref] , and resonances between the crust and core that might develop as a result of superfluid effects [ref] .

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