A Comparison of Measured Crab and Vela Glitch Healing Parameters with Predictions of Neutron Star Models
A Comparison of Measured Crab and Vela Glitch Healing Parameters with Predictions of Neutron Star Models
There are currently two well-accepted models that explain how pulsars exhibit glitches, sudden changes in their regular rotational spin-down. According to the starquake model, the glitch healing parameter, Q, which is measurable in some cases from pulsar timing, should be equal to the ratio of the moment of inertia of …