1-5 July 2019
The University of Manchester
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The Local Organising Committee
Axion superradiance in rotating neutron stars
Presented by Dr. Francesca DAY
on
2 Jul 2019
from
16:40
to
17:00
Content
It is a well-known fact that compact gravitating objects admit bound state configurations for massive bosonic fields. In this work we describe a new class of superradiant instabilities of axion bound states in neutron star magnetospheres. The instability arises from the mixing of axion and photon modes in the magnetic field of the neutron star which extract energy from the rotating magnetosphere. Unlike for black holes, where the dissipation required for superradiance is provided by an absorbative horizon, the non-hermitian dynamics in this work come from the resistivity in the stellar magnetosphere arising from a finite bulk conductivity.
Place
Location: Schuster
Room: Annex: Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre