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Scientific paper
Aug 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001gcnew..13....5b&link_type=abstract
GCNEWS - Galactic Center Newsletter, vol. 13, p. 5-8 (eds. A. Cotera, H. Falcke, & S. Markoff)
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Galactic Center, Chandra, Sgr A*, X-Rays
Scientific paper
The launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory in July 1999 has opened a new era in the study of X-ray emission from the Galactic Center. The unprecedented spatial resolution of the High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA) combined with the high efficiency and moderate spectral resolution of the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on-board Chandra provide, for the first time, the capability of performing sub-arcsecond spectroscopic imaging of X-rays from the Galactic Center in the 0.5-10 keV band. The spatial resolution and accurate astrometry are essential to discriminate emission from Sgr A*, the compact nuclear radio source associated with the supermassive black hole (MBH) at the dynamical center of the Milky Way Galaxy, from X-rays produced in the surrounding compact cluster of massive stars and other hot plasma in the region. Additionally, the sensitivity at medium X-ray energies is essential to penetrate the high interstellar column density along the line-of-sight to the Galactic Center. The ACIS Science Team observed the Galactic Center with Chandra ACIS for 40.3 ks on 21 September 1999. A summary of the major results are provided here
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