The pulsar glitch recovery times are too long that they suggest the involvement of frictionless fluid (superfluid) with the inner-crust of the neutron star in the glitch process. This inner-crust fluid is regarded as one component, while the rest of the neutron star components is regarded as the other component. These two component rotate differential - a process that accumulate to glitch. The glitch size is expected to constrain the magnitude of the components.
Yes, in principle the glitch size must constrain the magnitude of the components. The current widely accepted model for glitch and recovery of glitches is superfluid vortices model, where an avalanche kind of effect that sets in as a result of unpinning of vortices results in the glitch. Depending on the number of vortices that result as an outcome of the avalanche process, the glitch size is determined. The recovery time following glitch is the amount of time it takes for the two components to attain equilibrium with respect to each other.
Pradeepkumar Yadav
Yes, what you said is inline with existing theories, but what I want know is whether the recovery time or the exponential recovery could constrain the magnitude of the components.
Thanks.
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