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Glitches and pinned vorticity in the Crab pulsar

Journal Article · · Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States)

It is suggested that the glitch behavior observed in the Crab pulsar is associated with vorticity jumps induced by a starquake or a comparable external fluctuation in the weakly pinned vortex region expected in the crust of a young neutron star, and that the differences in the glitch behavior of the Crab, Vela, and older pulsars may be explained on evolutionary grounds.

OSTI ID:
5804688
Journal Information:
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States) Vol. 78:9; ISSN PNASA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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