Sinking of a magnetically confined mountain on an accreting neutron star

dc.contributor.authorWette, Karl
dc.contributor.authorVigelius, M
dc.contributor.authorMelatos, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:14:21Z
dc.date.available2015-12-08T22:14:21Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:32:06Z
dc.description.abstractWe perform ideal-magnetohydrodynamic axisymmetric simulations of magnetically confined mountains on an accreting neutron star, with masses ≲0.12 M⊙. We consider two scenarios, in which the mountain sits atop a hard surface or sinks into a soft, fluid
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/30201
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
dc.subjectKeywords: Accretion, accretion discs; Pulsars: general; Stars: magnetic fields; Stars: neutron
dc.titleSinking of a magnetically confined mountain on an accreting neutron star
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1110
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1099
local.contributor.affiliationWette, Karl, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationVigelius, M, University of Melbourne
local.contributor.affiliationMelatos, Andrew, University of Melbourne
local.contributor.authoruidWette, Karl, u4090078
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor020106 - High Energy Astrophysics; Cosmic Rays
local.identifier.absseo970102 - Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB72
local.identifier.citationvolume402
local.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15937.x
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-77949334042
local.type.statusPublished Version

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