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Twelve years of Glitches in the Vela Pulsar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Claire S. Flanagan
Claire S. Flanagan*
Affiliation:
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, South Africa

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The Vela pulsar (PSR B0833–45) has been observed from Hartebeesthoek RAO since 1984, as part of an ongoing monitoring project. During this time, the pulsar has undergone five sudden and relatively large spin-ups (“glitches”). Good observational coverage was obtained for the four most recent of these events.

The post-glitch behaviour of (t) is modelled by:

Type
Part 2 Precision Measurements
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 160: Pulsars: Problems and Progress , 1996 , pp. 103 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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