Magnetorotational instabilities in solids: Application to neutron-star crusts

arXiv:2607.01505 · astro-ph.HE, gr-qc, hep-th · Submitted 2026-07-01 · Read on arXiv

Arthur G. Suvorov, Thomas Celora, Kostas D. Kokkotas

astro-ph.HE, gr-qc, hep-th

Submitted: 2026-07-01

Comments: 13 pages, 4 figures. Minor changes to match PRD style

DOI: 10.1103/g8mh-pxwg

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Decoupling — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Albert Einstein Institute — 1× in this paper
• Bulk Viscosity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Non-linear saturation of gravito-inertial modes excited by tidal resonances in binary neutron stars

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