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Central Compact Objects in Supernova Remnants
Andrea De Luca
Central Compact Objects (CCOs) are a handful of soft X-ray sources located close to the centers of Supernova Remnants and supposed to be young, radio-quiet Isolated Neutron Stars (…
Unveiling the nature of RX J0002+6246 with XMM-Newton
P. Esposito, A. De Luca, A. Tiengo +3
The X-ray source RX J0002+6246 was discovered close to the supernova remnant CTB1 in a ROSAT observation performed in 1992. The source phenomenology (soft spectrum, apparent lack o…
VLT observations of Compact Central Objects
R. P. Mignani, S. Zaggia, D. Dobrzycka +4
We present the first results of our VLT observation campaign of the Central Compact Objects (CCOs) in SNRs RX J085201.4-461753 (Vela Jr), 1E 1648-5051 (RCW 103) and RX J171328.4-39…
Using GRO J1655-40 to test Swift/BAT as a monitor for bright hard X-ray sources
F. Senziani, G. Novara, A. De Luca +3
While waiting for new gamma-ray burst detections, the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board Swift covers each day ~50% of the sky in the hard X-ray band (``Survey data''). The large…
Swift/XRT monitoring of five orbital cycles of LSI +61 303
P. Esposito, P. A. Caraveo, A. Pellizzoni +3
LSI +61 303 is one of the most interesting high-mass X-ray binaries owing to its spatially resolved radio emission and its TeV emission, generally attributed to non-thermal particl…
VLT observations of the Central Compact Object in the Vela Jr. supernova remnant
R. P. Mignani, A. De Luca, S. Zaggia +4
X-ray observations have unveiled the existence of enigmatic point-like sources at the center of young (a few kyrs) supernova remnants. These sources, known as Central Compact Objec…