Glitch Statistics of Radio Pulsars : Multiple populations

TL;DR

This paper investigates the energy distribution of pulsar glitches and finds evidence for multiple distinct populations, suggesting different underlying mechanisms.

Contribution

It identifies multiple statistically distinct glitch populations, indicating varied mechanisms behind pulsar glitches.

Findings

Multiple glitch populations with different energy distributions

Evidence for different mechanisms causing glitches

Statistical analysis supports multiple underlying processes

Abstract

There appears to be more than one statistically different populations in the energy distribution of glitches, strongly indicative of different mechanisms accessing different energy ranges responsible for them.