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- Red RoseLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
2 things:
1 Neutron stars are not always composed of 100% neutrons
2 Neutrons themselves have a magnetic dipole moment because of their internal quark structure
Source(s): http://www.astro.umd.edu/~miller/teaching/question... http://www.astro.umd.edu/~miller/nstar.html#intern... http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=3015... http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=786 http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=1214... - 10 years ago
That has to be one of the best questions I've read on here in a while. I tend to think that when an extremely heavy massive object is rotating very quickly, that alone creates a magnetic field in much the same way that a rotating black hole will "drag" space-time at its equator. I don't know this for a fact but like the other guy said, when exotic states of matter do crazy stuff, unusual things are bound to happen.
- ChazInMTLv 410 years ago
How magnetic fields are created is as much a mystery as how gravity is created. Suffice it to say that when you have matter in such an exotic state as what a neutron star is, (Our Earth would be 160 yards in diameter if it were compacted into a neutron star) powerful magnetic fields are not a surprise.
