Insights into the physics of neutron star interiors from pulsar glitches
arXiv:2301.12769 · doi:10.1142/9789811220944_0007
Abstract
The presence of superfluid phases in the interior of a neutron star affects its dynamics, as neutrons can flow relative to the non-superfluid (normal) components of the star with little or no viscosity. A probe of superfluidity comes from pulsar glitches, sudden jumps in the observed rotational period of radio pulsars. Most models of glitches build on the idea that a superfluid component of the star is decoupled from the spin-down of the normal component, and its sudden recoupling leads to a glitch. This transition in the strength of the hydrodynamic coupling is explained in terms of quantum vortices (long-lived vortices that are naturally present in the neutron superfluid at the microscopic scale). After introducing some basic ideas, we derive (as a pedagogical exercise) the formal scheme shared by many glitch studies. Then, we apply these notions to present some recent advances and discuss how observations can help us to indirectly probe the internal physics of neutron stars.
30 pages, 7 figures. Chapter 7 of the volume "Astrophysics in the XXI Century with Compact Stars", Eds. C.A.Z. Vasconcellos and F. Weber, World Scientific (2022), submitted in August 2021. Minor corrections implemented
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