Braking indices as probes of r-mode spin-down in young pulsars

arXiv:2607.27046 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-07-29 · Read on arXiv

Shahram Abbassi, Armin Memarian, Evelyn Sophia Guest, S. R. Valluri

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-07-29

Comments: 14 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in Journal of High-Energy Astrophysics

Journal ref: Journal of High Energy Astrophysics 55 (2027) 100720

DOI: 10.1016/j.jheap.2026.100720

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Bulk Viscosity — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Entrainment — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Wave Emission — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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