Journal
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 420, Issue 1, Pages 658-671Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20080.x
Keywords
stars: neutron; pulsars: general; pulsars: individual: PSR B0833-45
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- CompStar of the European Science Foundation
- European Union via a Marie-Curie IEF
- European Science Foundation (ESF) [2449]
- EU [MTKD-CT-2006-042722]
- STFC [ST/J00135X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/J00135X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Although pulsars are some of the most stable clocks in the Universe, many of them are observed to 'glitch', i.e. to suddenly increase their spin frequency. with fractional increases that range from Delta nu/nu approximate to 10(-11) to 10(-5). In this paper, we focus on the 'giant' glitches, i.e. glitches with fractional increases in the spin rate of the order of Delta nu/nu approximate to 10(-6), that are observed in a subclass of pulsars including the Vela. We show that giant glitches can be modelled with a two-fluid hydrodynamical approach. The model is based on the formalism for superfluid neutron stars of Andersson & Comer and on the realistic pinning forces of Grill & Pizzochero. We show that all stages of Vela glitches, from the rise to the post-glitch relaxation, can be reproduced with a set of physically reasonable parameters and that the sizes and waiting times between giant glitches in other pulsars are also consistent with our model.
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