45 Years of Rotation of the Crab Pulsar

Abstract

The 30-Hz rotation rate of the Crab pulsar has been monitored at Jodrell Bank Observatory since 1984 and by other observatories before then. Since 1968, the rotation rate has decreased by about $0.5$\,Hz, interrupted only by sporadic and small spin up events (glitches). 24 of these events have been observed, including a significant concentration of 15 occurring over an interval of 11 years following MJD 50000. The monotonic decrease of the slowdown rate is partially reversed at glitches. This reversal comprises a step and an asymptotic exponential with a 320-day time constant, as determined in the three best-isolated glitches. The cumulative effect of all glitches is to reduce the decrease in slowdown rate by about 6\%. Overall, a low mean braking index of $2.342(1)$ is measured for the whole period, compared with values close to $2.5$ in intervals between glitches. Removing the effects of individual glitches reveals an underlying power law slowdown with the same braking index of 2.5. We interpret this value in terms of a braking torque due to a dipolar magnetic field in which the inclination angle between the dipole and rotation axes is increasing. There may also be further effects due to a monopolar particle wind or infalling supernova debris.

9 pages, 8 figures, Submitted to Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, March 2014

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