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2015ApJ...799..233L - Astrophys. J., 799, 233 (2015/February-1)

The extremely long-period X-ray source in a young supernova remnant: a Thorne-Zytkow object descendant?

LIU X.W., XU R.X., VAN DEN HEUVEL E.P.J., QIAO G.J., HAN J.L., HAN Z.W. and LI X.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

The origin of the 6.67 hr period X-ray source, 1E161348-5055, in the young supernova remnant RCW 103 is puzzling. We propose that it may be the descendant of a Thorne-{dot}Zytkow Object (T{dot}ZO). A T{dot}ZO may at its formation have a rapidly spinning neutron star as a core and a slowly rotating envelope. We found that the core could be braked quickly to an extremely long spin period by the coupling between its magnetic field and the envelope, and that the envelope could be disrupted by some powerful bursts or exhausted via stellar wind. If the envelope is disrupted after the core has spun down, the core will become an extremely long-period compact object, with a slow proper motion speed, surrounded by a supernova-remnant-like shell. These features all agree with the observations of 1E161348-5055. T{dot}ZOs are expected to have produced extraordinarily high abundances of lithium and rapid proton process elements that would remain in the remnants and could be used to test this scenario.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: supernova remnants - stars: evolution - stars: individual: 1E161348-5055 - stars: neutron

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