Energy release in the superconducting core of a neutron star as neutron vortices move toward the boundary of the star’s core and crust is examined. It is shown that the rate of energy release is on the order of 1026-1030 erg/s, or sufficient to provide the radio luminosity of known pulsars. The energy release rates calculated under the assumption of asymmetric energy release are compared with observational data on the radio luminosity of 575 pulsars.
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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 571–580 (November 2011).
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Sedrakian, D.M., Hayrapetyan, M.V. & Ayvazyan, N.S. Magnetic field energy as a source of the radio luminosity of quasars. Astrophysics 54, 507–514 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10511-011-9201-x
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