Thermal Transport and Magnetic Field Diffusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 273-295
Author(s):  
Stanley Humphries
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S337) ◽  
pp. 213-216
Author(s):  
Wynn C. G. Ho ◽  
Nils Andersson ◽  
Vanessa Graber

AbstractA superconductor of paired protons is thought to form in the core of neutron stars soon after their birth. Minimum energy conditions suggest that magnetic flux is expelled from the superconducting region due to the Meissner effect, such that the neutron star core retains or is largely devoid of magnetic fields for some nuclear equation of state and proton pairing models. We show via neutron star cooling simulations that the superconducting region expands faster than flux is expected to be expelled because cooling timescales are much shorter than timescales of magnetic field diffusion. Thus magnetic fields remain in the bulk of the neutron star core for at least 106 − 107yr. We estimate the size of flux free regions at 107yr to be ≲ 100m for a magnetic field of 1011G and possibly smaller for stronger field strengths.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 082104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Xiao ◽  
Zhuo-wei Gu ◽  
Ming-xian Kan ◽  
Gang-hua Wang ◽  
Jian-heng Zhao

SPIN ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 1650007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boualem Bourahla ◽  
Ouahiba Nafa

A model calculation is presented for the coherent magnon transmission and thermal transport at ferromagnetic nanojunction boundaries. The system consists of a Gd ultrathin film sandwiched between two Fe semi-infinite ferromagnetically ordered crystals. The dynamic of the system is analyzed using the equations of motion for the spin precession amplitudes on the lattice sites, valid for the range of temperatures of interest. The coherent transmission and reflection cross sections at the nanojunction boundary are calculated using the matching method. These calculations are presented for arbitrary directions on the boundary, for all accessible frequencies in the propagating bands, at variable temperatures and for a given thicknesses of the ultrathin nanojunction, with no externally applied magnetic field. The model is applied in particular to the Fe/Gd(5)/Fe system with a ferromagnetic Gd nanojunction. Our model yields the total integrated coherent thermal conductivity due to coherent magnons transmission via the sandwiched five Gd spin layers of the nanojunction. It elucidates, in particular, the dependence of the coherent magnons transmission and thermal transport in relation to the spatially inhomogeneous magnetic order of the atomic planes of the nanojunction for a given thickness.


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