Pulsar Speedups Related to Metastability of the Superfluid Neutron-Star Core
- 17 April 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 28 (16) , 1080-1082
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.28.1080
Abstract
The sudden speed changes observed in the Vela and Crab pulsars may be caused by transitions between metastable flow states in the superfluid interior of the star.Keywords
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