Glitches due to (quasi) neutron-vortex scattering in the superfluid inner crust of a pulsar

Biswanath Layek, Deepthi Godaba Venkata, Pradeepkumar Yadav

We revisit the mechanism of vortex unpinning caused by the neutron-vortex scattering \cite{prad1} in the inner crust of a pulsar. The strain energy released by the crustquake is as…