title: Pinning down the superfluid and measuring masses using pulsar glitches.
abstract: Pulsars are known for their superb timing precision, although glitches can interrupt the regular timing behavior when the stars are young. These glitches are thought to be caused by interactions between normal and superfluid matter in the crust of the star. However, glitching pulsars such as Vela have been shown to require a superfluid reservoir that greatly exceeds that available in the crust. We examine a model in which glitches tap the superfluid in the core. We test a variety of theoretical superfluid models against the most recent glitch data and find that only one model can successfully explain up to 45 years of observational data. We develop a new technique for combining radio and x-ray data to measure pulsar masses, thereby demonstrating how current and future telescopes can probe fundamental physics such as superfluidity near nuclear saturation.
authors.affiliation: Mathematical Sciences and STAG Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
authors.forename: Wynn C G
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile.
authors.forename: Cristóbal M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.affiliation: Mathematical Sciences and STAG Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. ; Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 94249, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Danai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antonopoulou
authors.affiliation: Mathematical Sciences and STAG Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Andersson