Topological currents in neutron stars: Kicks, precession, toroidal fields, and magnetic helicity

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Charbonneau, James ^a   Zhitnitsky, Ariel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Neutron stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449312297     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/08/010     Document Type: Article

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