Open AccessA very large glitch in PSR J1806−2125
Author(s) -
Hobbs G.,
Lyne A. G.,
Joshi B. C.,
Kramer M.,
Stairs I. H.,
Camilo F.,
Manchester R. N.,
D'Amico N.,
Possenti A.,
Kaspi V. M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05600.x
Subject(s) - glitch , pulsar , physics , astrophysics , millisecond pulsar , astronomy , x ray pulsar , magnitude (astronomy) , optics , detector
PSR J1806−2125 is a pulsar discovered in the Parkes multibeam pulsar survey with a rotational period of 0.4 s and a characteristic age of 65 kyr. Between MJDs 51462 and 51894 this pulsar underwent an increase in rotational frequency of Δ ν / ν ≈16×10 ‐6 . The magnitude of this glitch is ∼2.5 times greater than any previously observed in any pulsar and 16 times greater than the mean glitch size. This Letter gives the parameters of the glitch and compares its properties with those of previously observed events. The existence of such large and rare glitches offers new hope for attempts to observe thermal X‐ray emission from the internal heat released following a glitch, and suggests that pulsars which previously have not been observed to glitch may do so on long time‐scales.