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A debris disk around an isolated young neutron star

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  • Zhongxiang Wang

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Deepto Chakrabarty

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • David L. Kaplan

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Fallback position The idea of ‘fallback’ in supernova explosions, where some of the explosion ejecta fail to escape, has been invoked to explain black-hole formation, the spin distribution of magnetars, and the origin of Earth-mass planets around pulsars. Until now there has been no direct evidence that the process occurs. But a cool dust disk around an isolated young X-ray pulsar, detected in data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, may be the first supernova fallback disk to have been observed. By analogy with protoplanetary disks around ordinary stars, a passive debris disk like this around a neutron star could be a site of planet formation.

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  • Zhongxiang Wang & Deepto Chakrabarty & David L. Kaplan, 2006. "A debris disk around an isolated young neutron star," Nature, Nature, vol. 440(7085), pages 772-775, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:440:y:2006:i:7085:d:10.1038_nature04669
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04669
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