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Are Pulsar Glitches Triggered by a Superfluid Two-Stream Instability?

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Mature neutron stars are expected to have several superfluid components. Strong evidence for this is provided by the glitches that have been observed in dozens of pulsars. We describe a superfluid analog of the two-stream instability that is well known in plasma physics and provide arguments that this instability is likely to be relevant for neutron stars. This is a new physical mechanism which may play a key role in explaining the glitch mechanism and which could also prove to be relevant in laboratory experiments on various superfluid systems.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.091101

Authors: N. Andersson, G. L. Comer, R. Prix

Institutions: University of Southampton, Saint Louis University, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Language: English

Topic: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2042358288

FWCI: 5.026

Cites: 29

Cited by: 88

Related to: 10