2013/07/01 by D. Klochkov, G. Pühlhofer, G. Puehlhofer +6 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321740
6 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy&Astrophysics
openalex publication_date 2013/07/01 · arxiv created 2013/07/04 · arxiv updated 2015/06/16 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Context. The central compact object (CCO) candidate in the center of the supernova remnant shell HESS J1731−347/G353.6−0.7 shows no pulsations and exhibits a blackbody-like X-ray spectrum. If the absence of pulsations is interpreted as evidence for the emitting surface area being the entire neutron star surface, the assumption of the measured flux being due to a blackbody emission translates into a source distance that is inconsistent with current estimates of the remnant’s distance.