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Ep 229: Simulations show merging neutron stars can boost their magnetic fields more than 300 times…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Simulations show merging neutron stars can boost their magnetic fields more than 300 times in one millisecond. Magnetar forms when two neutron stars touch — Phys.org High-resolution simulations on Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer tracked low-mass neutron star binaries with initial fields around 3 trillion gauss. Within milliseconds of contact the neutron fluid hit Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and mixed so rapidly that the merged star’s field grew more than 300 times stronger. The run began just before collision and ended…
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