Alteration of the magnetosphere of the Vela pulsar during a glitch

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 556; no. 7700; pp. 219 - 222
• Main Authors: Palfreyman, Jim, Dickey, John M, Hotan, Aidan, Ellingsen, Simon, van Straten, Willem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Analysis; Astronomy; Geomagnetic fields; Magnetosphere; Pulsars; Radiation (Physics); Australia

As pulsars lose energy, primarily in the form of magnetic dipole radiation, their rotation slows down accordingly. For some pulsars, this spin-down is interrupted by occasional abrupt spin-up events known as glitches . A glitch is hypothesized to be a catastrophic release of pinned vorticity that pr...