2009/09/09 by Andrei Gruzinov, Gruzinov, Andrei
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Geological and Geophysical Studies #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0909.1815
5 pages, 7 figures
arxiv created 2009/09/09 · openalex publication_date 2009/09/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose that generic magnetic equilibrium of an ideally conducting fluid contains a volume-filling set of singular current layers. Singular current layers should exist inside neutron stars. Residual dissipation in the singular current layers might be the main mechanism for the magnetic field decay. The slow decay of the field might be the clock responsible for triggering the magnetar flares.