Progressive Deformation of the Crust of Pulsars
Abstract
It is shown that the crust of pulsars can deform in a gradual plastic manner in spite of its extreme density and strength. This deformation leads to stronger damping of pulsar rotation and to higher magnetic moments and also to rarer starquakes than calculated for a rigid crust.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- May 1970
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.24.1191
- Bibcode:
- 1970PhRvL..24.1191S