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 (Author), Sell, P. (Author), Fender, R. P. (Author), Jonker, P. G. (Author), Brandt, W. N. (Author), Calvelo-Santos, D. E. (Author), Tzioumis, A. K. (Author), Nowak, Michael A. (Contributor), Schulz, Norbert S. (Contributor), Wijnands, R. (Author), van der Klis, M. (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society, 2015-02-06T16:28:00Z.
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