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Pulsar slow glitches in a solid quark star model
A series of five unusual slow glitches of the radio pulsar B1822-09 (PSR
J1825-0935) were observed over the 1995-2005 interval. This phenomenon is
understood in a solid quark star model, where the reasonable parameters for
slow glitches are presented in the paper. It is proposed that, because of
increasing shear stress as a pulsar spins down, a slow glitch may occur,
beginning with a collapse of a superficial layer of the quark star. This layer
of material turns equivalently to viscous fluid at first, the viscosity of
which helps deplete the energy released from both the accumulated elastic
energy and the gravitation potential. This performs then a process of slow
glitch. Numerical calculations show that the observed slow glitches could be
reproduced if the effective coefficient of viscosity is ~10^2 cm^{2}/s and the
initial velocity of the superficial layer is order of 10^{-10} cm/s in the
coordinate rotating frame of the star.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS (Main Journal
Stocking, Enhancement, and Mariculture of Penaeus orientalis and Other Species in Shanghai and Zhejiang Provinces, China
China's marine aquaculture landings provide only 18% of its combined freshwater and amrine capture and culture landings, at a per-capita consumption of only 3.2 kg/yr out of a total of 18.1 kg/yr. We described development and some of the results of long-term mariculture and stocking/enhancement projects that have been underway for up to 20 years in the Hangzhou Bay area. Penaeus orientalis (also referred to as P. chinensis) stocking provided up to 400 t/yr, at a total cost-benefit ratio of up to 8 Yuan of landed shrimp per Yuan invested in shrimp stocking. Over 40 t of Penaeus orientalis were produced commercially in 1993, with proceeds being used to fund mariculture and fisheries research. Large scale edible jellyfish restocking is also underway, while semicommercial culture of abalone, Haliotis diversicolor, has been successful. Technical problems limitig mariculture have been solved successfully for some species
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