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Superfluidity and Vortex Dynamics in Neutron Stars
Bennett Link, Armen Sedrakian
Neutron stars contain several forms of quantum condensed matter whose microscopic properties control macroscopic rotational dynamics and magnetic behavior of these fascinating obje…
Vortex Dynamics in the Neutron Star Inner Crust
Xin Sheng, Bennett Link, Matthew E. Caplan +1
We study the superfluid vortex motion in the neutron star inner crust through direct three-dimensional simulations of the coupled dynamics of the vortex and the nuclear lattice. We…
Superfluid Rivers in Spinning-down Neutron Stars
Yuri Levin, Bennett Link
We study the motion of neutron superfluid vortices in a spinning-down neutron star, assuming axisymmetry of the flow and ignoring motion of vortices about the rotation axis. We fin…
Vortex Pinning in Neutron Stars, Slip-stick Dynamics, and the Origin of Spin Glitches
Bennett Link, Yuri Levin
We study pinning and unpinning of superfluid vortices in the inner crust of a neutron star using 3-dimensional dynamical simulations. Strong pinning occurs for certain lattice orie…
Tangled magnetic field model of QPOs
Joseph Bretz, C. A. van Eysden, Bennett Link
The highly tangled magnetic field of a magnetar supports shear waves similar to Alfvén waves in an ordered magnetic field. Here we explore if torsional modes excited in the stellar…
Hydrodynamic Stability Analysis of the Neutron Star Core
C. A. van Eysden, Bennett Link
Hydrodynamic instabilities and turbulence in neutron stars have been suggested to be related to observable spin variations in pulsars, such as spin glitches, timing noise, and prec…