Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-06-02
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 307 (1999) 365
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 3 figures. Final version to appear in MNRAS; includes a new discussion of the problem in the spherical geometry; som
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02638.x
We show that the crust-core interface in neutron stars acts as a potential barrier to the peripheral neutron vortices approaching the interface in the model in which these are coupled to the proton vortex clusters. This elementary barrier because of the interaction of vortex magnetic flux with the Meissner currents set up by the crustal magnetic field at the interface. The dominant part of the force is derived from to the cluster-interface interaction. As a result of the stopping of the continuous neutron vortex current through the interface, angular momentum is stored in the superfluid layers in the vicinity of the crust-core interface during the interglitch period. Discontinuous annihilation of proton vortices on the boundary restores the neutron vortex current and spins up the observable crust on short time-scales, leading to a glitch in the spin characteristics of a pulsar.
Cordes James M.
Sedrakian Armen
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