Central Compact Objects in Supernova Remnants
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
There are point-like sources in central regions of several supernova remnants which have not been detected outside the X-ray range. The X-ray spectra of these Central Compact Objects (CCOs) have thermal components with blackbody temperatures of 0.2-0.5 keV and characteristic sizes of 0.3-3 km. Most likely, the CCOs are neutron stars born in supernova explosions. We overview their observational properties, emphasizing the Chandra data, and compare them with magnetars.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0311526,
title = {Central Compact Objects in Supernova Remnants},
author = {George G. Pavlov and Divas Sanwal and Marcus A. Teter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0311526},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 figures, newpasp.sty. To appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conf. Proc.), eds F. Camilo and B. M. Gaensler. A typo corrected