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We model the evolution of the spin frequency's second derivative $\ddot\nu$ and the braking index $n$ of radio pulsars with simulations within the phenomenological model of their surface magnetic field evolution, which contains a long-term…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-23 Yi Xie , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Jin-Yuan Liao

We present polarisation observations of five pulsars whose profiles exhibit two distinct emission regions separated by close to 180 degrees of longitude. We fitted the position angle of the linear polarisation using the rotating vector…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. J. Keith , S. Johnston , M. Kramer , P. Weltevrede

The accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 has shown a peculiar orbital evolution in the past with an orbital expansion much faster than expected from standard binary evolutionary scenarios. Previous limits on the pulsar spin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Patruno , P. Bult , A. Gopakumar , J. M. Hartman , R. Wijnands , M. van der Klis , D. Chakrabarty

The number of pulsars with detected emission at X-ray and gamma-ray energies has been steadily growing, showing that beams of high-energy particles are commonly accelerated in pulsar magnetospheres, even though the location and number of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Isabelle A. Grenier , Alice K. Harding

We study the role of time dependent magnetic ellipticities ($\epsilon_{B}$) on the calculation of the braking index of pulsars. Moreover, we study the consequences of such a $\epsilon_{B}$ on the amplitude of gravitational waves (GWs)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-01 José C. N. de Araujo , Jaziel G. Coelho , César A. Costa

Recent timing observation reported that the radio pulsar PSR J1734 - 3333 with a rotating period $P=1.17~\rm s$ is slowing down with a period derivative $\dot{P}=2.28\times 10^{-12}\rm s\,s^{-1}$. Its derived braking index $n=0.9 \pm 0.2$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-11 Wen-Cong Chen , Xiang-Dong Li

(adapted)Considering recent observations challenging the traditional magnetar model, we explore the wind braking of magnetars. There is evidence for strong multipole magnetic fields in active magnetars, but the dipole field inferred from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 H. Tong , R. X. Xu , L. M. Song , G. J. Qiao

The rotation rates and magnetic activity of Sun-like and low-mass (< 1.4 Msun) main-sequence stars are known to decline with time, and there now exist several models for the evolution of rotation and activity. However, the role that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-12 L. Amard , S. P. Matt

We model the evolution of spin frequency's second derivative $\ddot\nu$ and braking index $n$ of radio pulsars with simulations within the phenomenological model of their surface magnetic field evolution, which contains a long-term decay…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-26 Yi Xie , Shuang-Nan Zhang

We present a novel method that enables us to estimate the acceleration of individual millisecond pulsars (MSPs) using only their spin period and its time derivative. For our binary MSP sample, we show that one can obtain an empirical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-23 Thomas Donlon , Sukanya Chakrabarti , Sophia Vanderwaal , Lawrence M. Widrow , Scott Ransom , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Braking index measurements offer the opportunity to explore the processes affecting the long-term spin evolution of pulsars and possible evolutionary connections between the various pulsar populations. For young pulsars the long-term trends…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 C. M. Espinoza , A. G. Lyne , B. W. Stappers

This second paper in our series investigates the evolutionary mechanisms that shape pulsars and millisecond pulsars (MSPs) across different astrophysical environments. We focus on the physical processes that govern spin evolution, magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-10 Maria Rah , Rainer Spurzem , Francesco Flammini Dotti , Areg Mickaelian

For a selection of 35 pulsars with large spin-up glitches ($\Delta{\nu}/\nu\geq10^{-6}$), which are monitored by the Jodrell Bank Observatory, we analyse 157 glitches and their recoveries. All parameters are measured consistently and we…

The stellar spin orientation relative to the orbital planes of multiplanet systems are becoming accessible to observations. Here, we analyze and classify different types of spin-orbit evolution in compact multiplanet systems perturbed by an…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Gwenaël Boué , Daniel Fabrycky

Models for the evolution of magnetic fields of neutron stars are constructed, assuming the field is embedded in the proton superconducting core of the star. The rate of expulsion of the magnetic flux out of the core, or equivalently the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 M. Jahan-Miri

Numerical simulations of realistic non-vacuum magnetospheres of isolated neutron stars have shown that pulsar spin-down luminosities depend weakly on the magnetic obliquity. This result provides the opportunity to estimate the surface…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-21 Anton Biryukov , Artyom Astashenok , Gregory Beskin

Accretion disks are ubiquitous in the universe and it is generally accepted that magnetic fields play a pivotal role in accretion-disk physics. The spin history of millisecond pulsars, which are usually classified as magnetized neutron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-16 Luca Naso , John Miller , Wlodek Kluzniak

Pulsars are potentially the most remarkable physical laboratories we will ever use. Although in many senses they are extremely clean systems there are a large number of instabilities and variabilities seen in the emission and rotation of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 E. F. Keane

Pulsars provide a wealth of information about General Relativity, the equation of state of superdense matter, relativistic particle acceleration in high magnetic fields, the Galaxy's interstellar medium and magnetic field, stellar and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 D. R. Lorimer , M. A. McLaughlin

Efforts are made to understand the timing behaviors (e.g., the jumps of the projected pulsar semimajor axis in the periastron passages) observed via 13-year timing for PSR B1259-63. In the first, planet-like objects are suggested to orbit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 R. X. Xu