Measuring the Cooling of the Neutron Star in Cassiopeia A with all Chandra X-ray Observatory Detectors

K. G. Elshamouty, C. O. Heinke, G. R. Sivakoff +5

The thermal evolution of young neutron stars (NSs) reflects the neutrino emission properties of their cores. Heinke et al. (2010) measured a 3.6+/-0.6% decay in the surface tempera…