Turbulent Dynamo Action in Binary Neutron Star Mergers

arXiv:2601.20953 · astro-ph.HE, gr-qc · Submitted 2026-01-28 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, gr-qc

Submitted: 2026-01-28

Updated: 2026-09-22

Terminology

• Conservation Laws — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Initial Data — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Bulk Viscosity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center — 1× in this paper
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

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• A magnetar engine for short GRBs and kilonovae
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• Magnetically Arrested Disk: An Energetically Efficient Accretion Flow
• The role of turbulence and winding in the development of large-scale, strong magnetic fields in long-lived remnants of binary neutron star mergers
• Robustness of Magnetic Field Amplification in Neutron Star Mergers

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