THE YOUNGEST KNOWN X-RAY BINARY: CIRCINUS X-1 AND ITS NATAL SUPERNOVA REMNANT

Because supernova remnants are short-lived, studies of neutron star X-ray binaries within supernova remnants probe the earliest stages in the life of accreting neutron stars. However, such objects are exceedingly rare: none were known to exist in our Galaxy. We report the discovery of the natal supe...

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Main Authors: Heinz, Sebastian, Sell, P., Fender, R. P., Jonker, P. G., Brandt, W. N., Calvelo-Santos, D. E., Tzioumis, A. K., Nowak, Michael A., Schulz, Norbert S., Wijnands, R., van der Klis, M.
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93897