Relativistic formulation of the neutron starquake theory of pulsar glitches

✍ Scribed by B Carter; H Quintana

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 972 KB
• Volume: 95
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-4916
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-4916(75)90044-5

✦ Synopsis

This work provides the framework for analyzing the Neutron starquake theory of pulsar glitches in terms of the exact Einstein theory of gravity and relativistic elasticity theory, subject to the assumption that the neutron star is axisymmetric and slowly rotating. Since general relativistic effects are important in the larger neutron star models, such investigations might eventually lead to an observational test of Einstein theory under strong gravitational field conditions.