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Precession of Isolated Neutron Stars
Bennett Link
I summarize the evidence for precession of isolated neutron stars and theoretical effort to understand the observations. I discuss factors that might set the precession period, des…
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The Crustal Rigidity of a Neutron Star, and Implications for PSR 1828-11 and other Precession Candidates
Curt Cutler, Greg Ushomirsky, Bennett Link
We calculate the crustal rigidity parameter, b, of a neutron star (NS), and show that b is a factor 40 smaller than the standard estimate due to Baym & Pines (1971). For a NS with…