Observational Consequences of Topological Currents in Neutron Stars
| dc.creator | Charbonneau, James | |
| dc.date | 2009-04-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T13:09:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T13:09:18Z | |
| dc.description | We argue that topological vector currents may be the source of many phenomena in neutron stars: kicks, jets, toroidal fields and magnetic helicity. Topological vector currents exist because of the P-symmetry violation of the weak interaction. Kicks and helicity are both objects that transform as pseudovectors and thus require P-symmetry violation to manifest themselves. This symmetry argument is supported numerically; topological currents provide transfer enough momentum to describe even the largest of kicks and can generate large toroidal fields that create helicity. An observational signature of currents is a faint left circular polarization in the X-rays in the wake of the neutron star that may require high precision polarimetry to see. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages, prepared for the proceedings of the the 24th Lake Louise Winter Institute | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4268 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4268 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/228688 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena | |
| dc.title | Observational Consequences of Topological Currents in Neutron Stars | |
| dc.type | text |