Cooling neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant: evidence for superfluidity in the core
According to recent results of Ho & Heinke, the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant contains a young (?330-yr-old) neutron star (NS) which has carbon atmosphere and shows notable decline of the effective surface temperature. We report a new (2010 November) Chandra observation which confirms the previ...
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Language: | English |
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2011-03-11.
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