The possible role of r-modes in post-glitch relaxation of Crab

Details The possible role of r-modes in post-glitch relaxation of Crab The possible role of r-modes in post-glitch relaxation of Crab

1999-10-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910515v4

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 315 (2000) 263

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 4 figures, RevTex

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03358.x

The loss of angular momentum through gravitational radiation, driven by the excitation of r-modes, is considered in neutron stars having rotation frequencies smaller than the associated critical frequency. We find that for reasonable values of the initial amplitudes of such pulsation modes of the star, being excited at the event of a glitch in a pulsar, the total post-glitch losses correspond to a negligible fraction of the initial rise of the spin frequency in the case of Vela and the older pulsars. However, for the Crab pulsar the same effect would result, within a few months, in a decrease in its spin frequency by an amount larger than its glitch-induced frequency increase. This could provide an explanation for the peculiar behavior observed in the post-glitch relaxations of the Crab.

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