J 2024

Radiative back-reaction on charged particle motion in the dipole magnetosphere of neutron stars

STUCHLÍK, Zdeněk, Jaroslav VRBA, Martin KOLOŠ and Arman TURSUNOV

Basic information

Original name

Radiative back-reaction on charged particle motion in the dipole magnetosphere of neutron stars

Authors

STUCHLÍK, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jaroslav VRBA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin KOLOŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Arman TURSUNOV (860 Uzbekistan, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, 2024, 2214-4048

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.800 in 2022

Organization unit

Institute of physics in Opava

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2024.11.006

UT WoS

001360637000001

Keywords in English

Neutron star;Dipole magnetic field; Charged particles; Raditive back-reaction;Orbital widening

Tags

RIV25

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

Links

GA23-07043S, research and development project.
Změněno: 20/1/2025 13:28, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková

Abstract

V originále

The motion of charged particles under the Lorentz force in the magnetosphere of neutron stars, represented by a dipole field in the Schwarzschild spacetime, can be determined by an effective potential, whose local extrema govern circular orbits both in and off the equatorial plane, which coincides with the symmetry plane of the dipole field. In this work, we provide a detailed description of the properties of these "conservative" circular orbits and, using the approximation represented by the Landau-Lifshitz equation, examine the role of the radiative back- reaction force that influences the motion of charged particles following both the in and off equatorial circular orbits, as well as the chaotic orbits confined to belts centered around the circular orbits. To provide clear insight into these dynamics, we compare particle motion with and without the back-reaction force. We demonstrate that, in the case of an attractive Lorentz force, the back-reaction leads to the charged particles falling onto the neutron star's surface in all scenarios considered. For the repulsive Lorentz force, in combination with the back- reaction force, we observe a widening of stable equatorial circular orbits; the off-equatorial orbits shift toward the equatorial plane and subsequently widen if they are sufficiently close to the plane. Otherwise, the off-equatorial orbits evolve toward the neutron star surface. The critical latitude, which separates orbital widening from falling onto the surface, is determined numerically as a function of the electromagnetic interaction's intensity.
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