Implications of the Occurrence of Glitches in Pulsar Free Precession Candidates
Implications of the Occurrence of Glitches in Pulsar Free Precession Candidates
The timing properties of radio pulsars provide a unique probe of neutron star interiors. Recent observations have uncovered quasi-periodicities in the timing and pulse properties of some pulsars, a phenomenon that has often been attributed to free precession of the neutron star, with profound implications for the distribution of superfluidity and superconductivity in the star. We advance this programme by developing consistency relations between free precession and pulsars glitches, and show that there are difficulties in reconciling the two phenomena in some precession candidates. This indicates that either the precession model used here needs to be modified, or some other phenomenon is at work in producing the quasi-periodicities, or even that there is something missing in terms of our understanding of glitches.
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Jones, David
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Ashton, G.
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Prix, R.
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27 June 2017
Jones, David
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Ashton, G.
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Prix, R.
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Jones, David, Ashton, G. and Prix, R.
(2017)
Implications of the Occurrence of Glitches in Pulsar Free Precession Candidates.
Physical Review Letters, 118 (26), [261101].
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.261101).
Abstract
The timing properties of radio pulsars provide a unique probe of neutron star interiors. Recent observations have uncovered quasi-periodicities in the timing and pulse properties of some pulsars, a phenomenon that has often been attributed to free precession of the neutron star, with profound implications for the distribution of superfluidity and superconductivity in the star. We advance this programme by developing consistency relations between free precession and pulsars glitches, and show that there are difficulties in reconciling the two phenomena in some precession candidates. This indicates that either the precession model used here needs to be modified, or some other phenomenon is at work in producing the quasi-periodicities, or even that there is something missing in terms of our understanding of glitches.
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Accepted/In Press date: 3 May 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 June 2017
Published date: 27 June 2017
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6 pages, updated following comments, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/408119
ISSN: 1079-7114
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