2 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Magnus mountains on spinning neutron stars
Yashaswi Gangwar, David Ian Jones
We investigate the formation of a "Magnus mountain'' on a neutron star, arising from the non-axisymmetric Magnus force acting on the elastic crust by pinned superfluid vortices. Su…
astro-ph.HE2024
Applying the starquake model to study the formation of elastic mountains on spinning neutron stars
Yashaswi Gangwar, David Ian Jones
When a neutron star is spun-up or spun-down, the changing strains in its solid elastic crust can give rise to sudden fractures known as starquakes. Early interest in starquakes foc…