Central Compact Objects in Supernova Remnants

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2003-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311526v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 2 figures, newpasp.sty. To appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conf. Proc.

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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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