Pulsar glitches and their impact on neutron-star astrophysics

Understand

The first known pulsar glitch was discovered in the Vela pulsar at both Parkes and Goldstone in March 1969.

• Since then the number of known glitches has grown enormously, with more than 520 glitches now known in more than 180 pulsars.
• Details of glitch parameters and post-glitch recoveries are described and some implications for the physics of neutron stars are discussed.