Table 1 Parameter values for the two preferred models of free precession

From: A freely precessing magnetar following an X-ray outburst

Parameter

Value of model A

Value of model B

Viewing angle, ζ (deg)

169.07 ± 0.22

168.50 +0.26-0.21

Initial wobble angle, θ0 (deg)

19.52 ± 0.38

30.52 +0.66-0.74

Angle between the magnetic and symmetry axis, χ (deg)

173.34 ± 0.13

171.37 +0.20-0.16

Initial phase of the precession, Φ0 (deg)

45 +5-4

108 ± 3

Constant ellipticity of the NS, ϵ0

(1.24 ± 0.03) × 10−7

(9.17 ± 0.14) × 10−8

Initial ellipticity of the NS, ϵ1

(2.37 ± 0.05) × 10−6

(1.58 ± 0.03) × 10−6

Ellipticity relaxation timescale, τϵ (days)

19.55 ± 0.35

36.43 ± 0.46

Wobble angle decay timescale, τθ (days)

74.30 ± 0.26

Frictional coupling timescale, τc (s)

2.49 ± 0.01

Ratio between the moment of inertia of the crust and the core, κ

<0.01

Start time of the precession, T0 (MJD)

58,444.5 ± 0.4

58,444.9 ± 0.5

Initial twist parameter, n0

0.040 +0.008-0.040

0.062 +0.015-0.062

Twisted magnetic field relaxation timescale, τt (days)

>1,500

>1,500

  1. Model A denotes the phenomenological model of decaying wobble angle with relaxing ellipticity and model B denotes the model of frictional crust–core coupling with relaxing ellipticity. Both models include the effects of an decaying, eastward-twisted magnetic field.