Pulsar Braking Index and Mass Accretion
| dc.creator | Morley, P. D. | |
| dc.date | 1993-11-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:18:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:18:58Z | |
| dc.description | I show that the braking index, $N$, a fundamental pulsar experimental quantity, naturally differs from the canonical value of 3 by terms which involve mass accretion. Using the measured values of $N$ for PSR1509-58 and PSR0531+21, I determine that for constant density neutron stars their present mass accretion rates are $(3.10\pm.51)\times10^{-5}$ M year$^{-1}$ and $(9.946\pm.089)\times10^{-5}$ M year$^{-1}$ respectively, where M is the mass of each pulsar. Finally, I demonstrate that mass accretion removes the outstanding problem of the origin of the big glitches of the Vela Pulsar. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, LaTex | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9311036 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9311036 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/9693 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Pulsar Braking Index and Mass Accretion | |
| dc.type | text |