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Pulsars are known for their superb timing precision, although glitches can interrupt the regular timing behavior when the stars are young. These glitches are thought to be caused by interactions between normal and superfluid matter in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-05 Wynn C. G. Ho , Cristobal M. Espinoza , Danai Antonopoulou , Nils Andersson

Pulsar-like objects are extremely compact, with an average density that exceeds nuclear saturation density, where the fundamental strong interaction plays an essential role, particularly in the low-energy regime. The internal structures and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-04 Chengjun Xia , Xiaoyu Lai , Renxin Xu

The long-term evolution of the relative rotation of the core superfluid in a neutron star with respect to the rest of the star, at different radial distances from the rotation axis, is determined through model calculations. The core…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Jahan-Miri

The loss of angular momentum through gravitational radiation, driven by the excitation of r-modes, is considered in neutron stars having rotation frequencies smaller than the associated critical frequency. We find that for reasonable values…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Vahid Rezania , M. Jahan-Miri

It was previously believed that, the long-term persistent increase in the spin-down rate of the Crab pulsar following a glitch is direct evidence of a starquake-induced glitch or at least related to a starquake. Using radio data covering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-01 Xiao-Ping Zheng , Wei-Hua Wang , Chun Huang , Jian-Ping Yuan , Sheng-Jie Yuan

The presence of superfluid phases in the interior of a neutron star affects its dynamics, as neutrons can flow relative to the non-superfluid (normal) components of the star with little or no viscosity. A probe of superfluidity comes from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-14 Marco Antonelli , Alessandro Montoli , Pierre Pizzochero

Pulsar glitches, sudden jumps in frequency in otherwise steadily spinning down radio pulsars, offer a unique glimpse into the superfluid interior of neutron stars. The exact trigger of these events remains, however, elusive and this has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-16 Pierre Pizzochero , Marco Antonelli , Brynmor Haskell , Stefano Seveso

Glitches, spin-up events in neutron stars, are of prime interest as they reveal properties of nuclear matter at subnuclear densities. We numerically investigate the glitch mechanism due to vortex unpinning using analogies between neutron…

The study of pulsar glitch phenomena serves as a valuable probe into the dynamic properties of matter under extreme high-density conditions, offering insights into the physics within neutron stars. Providing theoretical explanations for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-07 Pei-Xin Zhu , Xiao-Ping Zheng

Pulsar glitches are traditionally viewed as a manifestation of vortex dynamics associated with a neutron superfluid reservoir confined to the inner crust of the star. In this Letter we show that the non-dissipative entrainment coupling…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 N. Andersson , K. Glampedakis , W. C. G. Ho , C. M. Espinoza

During the spin-up phase of a large pulsar glitch - a sudden decrease of the rotational period of a neutron star - the angular velocity of the star may overshoot, namely reach values greater than that observed for the new post-glitch…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 Pierre Pizzochero , Alessandro Montoli , Marco Antonelli

According to the strange quark matter hypothesis, pulsars may actually be strange stars composed of self-bound strange quark matter. The normal matter crust of a strange star, unlike that of a normal neutron star, is supported by a strong…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-29 Ze-Cheng Zou , Yong-Feng Huang , Xiao-Li Zhang

Many pulsars are observed to "glitch", i.e. show sudden jumps in their rotational frequency $\nu$, some of which can be as large as $\Delta \nu/\nu\approx 10^{-6}-10^{-5}$ in a subset of pulsars known as giant glitchers. Recently Pizzochero…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Stefano Seveso , Pierre M. Pizzochero , Brynmor Haskell

Gravitational, magnetic and superfluid forces can stress the crust of an evolving neutron star. Fracture of the crust under these stresses could affect the star's spin evolution and generate high-energy emission. We study the growth of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Lucia M. Franco , Bennett Link , Richard I. Epstein

Pulsars are highly magnetized rotating neutron stars with a very stable rotation speed. Irrespective of their stable rotation rate, many pulsars have been observed with the sudden jump in the rotation rate, which is known as pulsar glitch.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-24 Avishek Basu , Prasanta Char , Rana Nandi , Bhal Chandra Joshi , Debades Bandyopadhyay

Glitches are sudden changes in rotation frequency and spin-down rate, observed from pulsars of all ages. Standard glitches are characterized by a positive step in angular velocity ($\Delta\Omega$ $ > $ $0$) and a negative step in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 O. Akbal , E. Gügercinoğlu , S. Şaşmaz Muş , M. A. Alpar

The bulk viscosity in quark matter is sufficiently high to reduce the effective pressure below the corresponding vapor pressure during density perturbations in neutron stars and strange stars. This leads to mechanical instability where the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-30 Jes Madsen

Glitches are sudden spin-up events that punctuate the steady spin down of pulsars and are thought to be due to the presence of a superfluid component within neutron stars. The precise glitch mechanism and its trigger, however, remain…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 C. M. Espinoza , D. Antonopoulou , B. W. Stappers , A. Watts , A. G. Lyne

With the aim of constraining the structural properties of neutron stars and the equation of state of dense matter, we study sudden spin-ups, glitches, occurring in the Vela pulsar and in six other pulsars. We present evidence that glitches…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Bennett Link , Richard I. Epstein , James M. Lattimer

Strange Nuggets are believed to be among the relics of the early universe. They appear as dark matter due to their low charge-to-mass ratio. Their distribution is believed to be the same as that of dark matter. As such, they could be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-10 Innocent Okwudili Eya , Evaristus Uzochukwu Iyida , Johnson Ozoemene , Urama , Augustine Ejikeme Chukwude