AbstractThe high frequency oscillations discovered in the tails of giant flares from two magnetars are thought to be the first direct detections of seismic vibrations from neutron stars. The possibility of starquakes associated with the giant flares triggering global vibrations opens up the prospect of using seismology to study the interior structure and composition of neutron stars. This is a major breakthrough in the study of the nature of matter under conditions of extreme pressure. In this paper, we provide an up to date summary of the observations and the theoretical framework, including a brief discussion of gravitational wave searches for the QPOs. We summarize the status of alternative non-seismic mechanisms, and give a critique of a recent paper by Levin that argued against seismic vibrations as a viable mechanism. We conclude with an overview of current results using the seismological technique that constrain parameters such as the equation of state and crust structure.
Neutron star oscillations and QPOs during magnetar flares
Advances in Space Research ; 40 , 10 ; 1446-1452
2006-12-13
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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