Compact and Diffuse X-Ray Sources in the Youngest Planetary Nebulae

The community of planetary nebula (PN) astronomers is undertaking ChanPLaNS, the first systematic X-ray survey of PNe in the solar neighborhood. ChanPlaNS is yielding such fundamental, new results as the frequency of appearance and range of X-ray spectral characteristics of X-ray-emitting PN central stars and the evolutionary timescales of wind-shock-heated bubbles within PNe. Here, we propose the next phase of the survey, in which we will observe all (24) remaining known compact (radius <= 0.4 pc), young PNe within ~1.5 kpc that have yet to be observed by Chandra. This LP represents the next step toward understanding the relationship between PN X-ray emission and PN shaping processes, and its results will have broad and profound impact on the study of binary stars and wind interactions.