Platelet collapse model of pulsar glitches
Abstract
A platelet collapse model of neutron starquakes is introduced. It displays self-organized criticality with a robust power law behavior. The simulations indicate a near-constant exponent, whenever scaling is present.
- Publication:
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EPL (Europhysics Letters)
- Pub Date:
- January 1996
- DOI:
- 10.1209/epl/i1996-00306-3
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9411053
- Bibcode:
- 1996EL.....33..105M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Figures available by sending request to Ivan Schmidt: ischmidt@schmidt.fis.utfsm.cl