Thermodynamics of magnetized binary compact objects

Kōji Uryū, Eric Gourgoulhon, and Charalampos Markakis
Phys. Rev. D 82, 104054 – Published 30 November 2010

Abstract

Binary systems of compact objects with electromagnetic field are modeled by helically symmetric Einstein-Maxwell spacetimes with charged and magnetized perfect fluids. Previously derived thermodynamic laws for helically symmetric perfect-fluid spacetimes are extended to include the electromagnetic fields, and electric currents and charges; the first law is written as a relation between the change in the asymptotic Noether charge δQ and the changes in the area and electric charge of black holes, and in the vorticity, baryon rest mass, entropy, charge and magnetic flux of the magnetized fluid. Using the conservation laws of the circulation of magnetized flow found by Bekenstein and Oron for the ideal magnetohydrodynamic fluid, and also for the flow with zero conducting current, we show that, for nearby equilibria that conserve the quantities mentioned above, the relation δQ=0 is satisfied. We also discuss a formulation for computing numerical solutions of magnetized binary compact objects in equilibrium with emphasis on a first integral of the ideal magnetohydrodynamic-Euler equation.

  • Received 4 June 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.104054

© 2010 The American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Kōji Uryū1, Eric Gourgoulhon2, and Charalampos Markakis3

  • 1Department of Physics, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
  • 2Laboratoire Univers et Théories, UMR 8102 du CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Diderot, F-92190 Meudon, France
  • 3Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Post Office Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA

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Vol. 82, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2010

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