Temperature-Dependent Superfluid May Cause Glitches in Pulsars (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Temperature-Dependent Superfluid May Cause Glitches in Pulsars (3 of 3)

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Foreground: Neutron star cross-section is shown with superfluid vortices, pulsar glitches, and Jodrell Bank Observatory. Background: Vela supernova remnant. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 2 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by W.C.G. Ho at University of Southampton in Southampton, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Pinning down the superfluid and measuring masses using pulsar glitches."

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[Credit: N. Andersson]

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