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Platelet Collapse Model of Pulsar Glitches

Astrophysics 2010-12-17 v1

Abstract

A platelet collapse model of starquakes is introduced. It displays self-organized criticality with a robust power-law behavior. The simulations indicate a near-constant exponent, whenever scaling is present.

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9411053,
  title  = {Platelet Collapse Model of Pulsar Glitches},
  author = {P. D. Morley and Ivan Schmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9411053},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Figures available by sending request to Ivan Schmidt: ischmidt@schmidt.fis.utfsm.cl

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