Glitching pulsars as gravitational wave sources

Haskell, B. and Jones, DI (2024) Glitching pulsars as gravitational wave sources. Astroparticle Physics, 157, [102921]. (doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2023.102921).

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Abstract

Spinning neutron stars, when observed as pulsars, are seen to undergo occasional spin-up events known as glitches. Despite several decades of study, the physical mechanisms responsible for glitches are still not well understood, but probably involve an interplay between the star’s outer elastic crust, and the superfluid and superconducting core that lies within. Glitches will be accompanied by some level of gravitational wave emission. In this article, we review proposed models that link gravitational wave emission to glitches, exploring both short duration burst-like emission, and longer-lived signals. We illustrate how detections (and in some cases, non-detections) of gravitational signals probe both the glitch mechanism, and, by extension, the behaviour of matter at high densities.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 December 2023

e-pub ahead of print date: 26 December 2023

Published date: May 2024

Additional Information: DIJ acknowledges support from the STFC via grant number ST/R00045X/1. BH acknowledges support from the National Science Center Poland (NCN) via OPUS grant 2019/33/B/ST9/00942. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords: Gravitational waves, Neutron stars, Pulsar glitches