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Strange Nuggets are believed to be among the relics of the early universe. They appear as dark matter due to their low charge-to-mass ratio. Their distribution is believed to be the same as that of dark matter. As such, they could be accreted by high magnetic field objects and their collisions with pulsars are inevitable. Pulsar glitches are commonly seen as sudden spin-ups in pulsar frequency. It is still an open debate with regard to mechanisms giving rise to such a phenomenon. However, there is a class of sudden changes in pulsar spin frequency known as microglitches. These event are characterized by sudden small change in pulsar spin frequency (\(\delta \nu/\nu \approx \pm 10^{-9}\)). Clearly, the negative signature seen in some of the events is inconsistent with the known glitch mechanisms. In this analysis, we suggest that accretion of strange nuggets with pulsars could readily give rise to microglitch events. The signature of the events depends on the energy of the strange nuggets and line of interaction.
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Both in magnetars, rotation-powered pulsars, and accretion powered pulsars.
If the star is unstressed, \(\epsilon = \epsilon_{0}\) and the elastic energy is zero.
I.e. spin-powered, M = 1.4 \(M_{\odot} \) and R = 10 km.
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Eya, I.O., Iyida, E.U., Urama, J.O. et al. Microglitches in radio pulsars: the role of strange nuggets. Astrophys Space Sci 365, 121 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-020-03838-x
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