Multi-epoch X-ray observations of SLSN-I 2018bsz support ejecta-CSM interaction as the dominant X-ray powering mechanism rather than a central magnetar.
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First definitive X-ray shock breakout from a Type Ic-BL supernova, with radio constraints and a rate calculation implying most such supernovae produce fainter signals than observed here.
Late-time radio observations of SN 2012au show re-brightening best explained by emission from a newborn pulsar wind nebula rather than continued shock interaction with circumstellar material.
Magnetic inclination alignment with timescale proportional to B to the minus two suppresses observed numbers of strong-field neutron stars, unifying pulsars and magnetars under one log-uniform initial B distribution.
The Guitar Nebula requires extreme acceleration with η_acc ≳ 3/4 and traverses a dense low-ionization shell from an old supernova remnant in the pressure-driven snowplow regime.