Vortex creep and the internal temperature of neutron stars - Linear and nonlinear response to a glitch

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Nov 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989apj...346..823a&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 346, Nov. 15, 1989, p. 823-832.

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Computational Astrophysics, Neutron Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Interiors, Stellar Temperature, Crab Nebula, Energy Dissipation, Linear Equations, Nonlinear Equations, Stellar Models, Stellar Rotation

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The dynamics of pinned superfluid in neutron stars is determined by the thermal 'creep' of vortices. Vortex creep can respond to changes in the rotation rate of the neutron star crust and provide the observed types of dynamical relaxation following pulsar glitches. It also gives rise to energy dissipation, which determines the thermal evolution of pulsars once the initial heat content has been radiated away. The different possible regimes of vortex creep are explored, and it is shown that the nature of the dynamical response of the pinned superfluid evolves with a pulsar's age. Younger pulsars display a linear regime, where the response is linear in the initial perturbation and is a simple exponential relaxation as a function of time. A nonliner response, with a characteristic nonlinear dependence on the initial perturbation, is responsible for energy dissipation and becomes the predominant mode of response as the pulsar ages. The transition from the linear to the nonlinear regime depends sensitively on the temperature of the neutron star interior. A preliminary review of existing postglitch observations is given within this general evolutionary framework.

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