The rheology of neutron stars Vortex-line pinning in the crust superfluid

1 February 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine A

Vol. 45 (2) , 227-238
https://doi.org/10.1080/01418618208244296

Abstract

After a discussion of the general physics of neutron stars, we give a brief discussion of the ‘glitch’ phenomenon and its relation to superfluidity, and finally a rather detailed study of the physics of vortex-line pinning in the crust lattice.

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