Transient gravitational waves from pulsar post-glitch recoveries
Garvin Yim
In this talk, I will outline a simple analytical model to explain pulsar post-glitch recoveries. The model, named the “transient mountain model”, proposes that immediately after a glitch occurs, a mountain forms on the neutron star which naturally gives rise to a braking torque, via gravitational wave radiation. As the mountain dissipates, an exponential recovery in the neutron star’s timing is observed. The emission of gravitational waves allows the model to be independently testable with gravitational wave observations and I will make some comments on the latest successes of the model, as highlighted by Moragues et al. (2023). (Based on Yim & Jones, 2020)