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Astrophysics
Title: Constraining Hadronic Superfluidity with Neutron Star Precession
(Submitted on 20 Feb 2003 (v1), last revised 28 Aug 2003 (this version, v2))
Abstract: I show that the standard picture of the neutron star core containing coexisting neutron and proton superfluids, with the proton component forming a type II superconductor threaded by flux tubes, is inconsistent with observations of long-period (~1 yr) precession in isolated pulsars. I conclude that either the two superfluids coexist nowhere in the stellar core, or the core is a type I superconductor rather than type II. Either possibility would have interesting implications for neutron star cooling and theories of spin jumps (glitches).
Submission history
From: Bennett Link [view email][v1] Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:48:16 GMT (19kb)
[v2] Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:59:44 GMT (18kb)