2014/04/16 by Sinem Sasmaz Mus, Sinem Şaşmaz Muş, Berk Aydin +3 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnras/stu436
published as MNRAS 440:2916 (2014) · 6 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables, published in MNRAS
openalex publication_date 2014/04/16 · arxiv created 2014/11/19 · arxiv updated 2014/11/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
We investigated the long-term spin properties of the anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 1E 1841–045 by performing a temporal analysis of archival RXTE observations spanning about 5.2 yr from 2006 September to 2011 December. We identified two peculiar timing anomalies within ∼1 yr of each other: a glitch with Δ ν/ν ∼ 4.8 × 10−6 near MJD 54303; and an anti-glitch with Δ ν/ν ∼ −5.8 × 10−7 near MJD 54656. The glitch that we identified, which is the fourth glitch seen in this source in the 13 yr of RXTE monitoring, is similar to the last two detected glitches. The anti-glitch from 1E 1841–045, however, is the first to be identified. The amplitude of the anti-glitch was comparable with that recently observed in AXP 1E 2259+586. We found no significant variations in the pulsed X-ray output of the source during either the glitch or the anti-glitch.We discuss our results in relation to the standard pulsar glitch mechanisms for the glitch, and to plausible magnetospheric scenarios for the anti-glitch.