Local simulations of the magnetized Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in neutron-star mergers

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 515, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Obergaulinger, M ^a   Aloy, M A ^b   Muller E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gamma ray burst: general; Instabilities; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Stars: neutron; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MERGING; NEUTRONS; SHEAR FLOW; STARS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONTACT SURFACE; DYNAMIC IMPACTS; EQUIPARTITION; FIELD ENERGY; FIELD STRENGTHS; FINITE-VOLUME; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; GLOBAL SIMULATION; GRID RESOLUTION; HELMHOLTZ; HIGH FIELD; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS (MHD); MAXIMUM VALUES; NEUTRON STARS; ON TIME; SATURATED STATE; SATURATION LEVELS; SHEAR LAYER; SHORT PERIODS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SMALL-SCALE FEATURES; STARS: NEUTRONS; STRONG FIELD; TIME-SCALES; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

PARALLEL FLOW;

EID: 77953227535     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913386     Document Type: Article

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