Scientists say the discovery of this dynamo-like mechanism could solve the mystery of so-called "low-field magnetars." Magnetars are neutron stars with the universe's most powerful magnetic fields ...

The favoured mechanism to amplify the magnetic field in this proto-neutron star is a specific type of dynamo, known as the Tayler-Spruit dynamo. ‘‘This mechanism feeds off the difference of ...

We further show that depending on the relative frequency of the two impellers, the dominant dynamo mechanism may switch from α2 to α - Ω dynamo. We discuss some implications of these results ...

If there is a dynamo mechanism at work in generating the magnetar fields, then these neutron stars are likely to be spinning with a rotation period of as little as a millisecond. Such rotation is ...