Producing ultrastrong magnetic fields in neutron star mergers

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5774, 2006, Pages 719-722

  Price, D J ^a   Rosswog, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

BLACK HOLE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; MAGNETAR FIELD STRENGTH; NEUTRON STAR MERGERS;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

AMPLIFICATION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MERGER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; DESTRUCTION; GAMMA RADIATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33646461250     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125201     Document Type: Article

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