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Deep Core Convection and Dynamo in Newly-born Neutron Star

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(2020)cite arxiv:2001.08452Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, submitted to ApJL.

Abstract

We report results from a convection dynamo simulation of proto-neutron star (PNS), with a nuclear equation of state (EOS) and the initial hydrodynamic profile taken from a neutrino radiation-hydrodynamics simulation of a massive stellar core-collapse. A moderately-rotating PNS with the spin period of $170$ ms in the lepton-driven convection stage is focused. We find that large-scale flow and thermodynamic fields with north-south asymmetry develop in the turbulent flow, as a consequence of the convection in the central part of the PNS, which we call as a "deep core convection". Intriguingly, even with such a moderate rotation, large-scale, $10^15$ G, magnetic field with dipole symmetry is spontaneously built up in the PNS. The turbulent electro-motive force arising from rotationally-constrained core convection is shown to play a key role in the large-scale dynamo. The large-scale structures organized in the PNS may impact the explosion dynamics of supernovae and subsequent evolution to the neutron stars.

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