Scaling Relations in 2+1 Dimensional Relativistic Turbulence / Electromagnetic Emission from Magnetized Two-Dipole Neutron Stars

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dc.contributor.advisorPoisson, Eric
dc.contributor.authorWesternacher-Schneider, John
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-16T19:04:04Z
dc.date.available2014-09-16T19:04:04Z
dc.date.copyright2014-08
dc.date.created2014-08-28
dc.date.issued2014-09-16
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Physicsen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.degree.programmePhysicsen_US
dc.description.abstractPart I: Relativistic hydrodynamic turbulence has both direct applications, such as in astrophysical jets or accretion, and indirect ones, such as in the fluid-gravity correspondence. We clarify and extend some recently derived scaling relations in relativistic hydrodynamics to 2+1 dimensions. We also perform simulations in an effort to measure the relations we have derived. Due to statistical difficulties, the numerical results are inconclusive. Part II: Electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave signals provide an opportunity to probe physics under extreme conditions, but a phenomenological understanding is currently lacking. We simulate a rotating neutron star with the magnetic field of two offset dipoles, similar to dipolar binary merger scenarios, in order to measure the spin-dependence of the luminosity. We find powers of 3.82 and 4.20 for the aligned and anti-aligned cases, respectively. These values are commensurate with dimensional estimates, but incommensurate with the values reported in.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10214/8471
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen_US
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dc.subjectturbulenceen_US
dc.subjectrelativityen_US
dc.subjectcorrelation functionsen_US
dc.subjectneutron staren_US
dc.subjectdipoleen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic fielden_US
dc.subjectluminosityen_US
dc.titleScaling Relations in 2+1 Dimensional Relativistic Turbulence / Electromagnetic Emission from Magnetized Two-Dipole Neutron Starsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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