Discovery of K-Shell Emission Lines of Neutral Atoms in the Galactic Center Region

Details Discovery of K-Shell Emission Lines of Neutral Atoms in the Galactic Center Region Discovery of K-Shell Emission Lines of Neutral Atoms in the Galactic Center Region

2010-04-22

arxiv.org/abs/1004.3891v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

7 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ (Vol.62, No.2, pp.423--429)

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The K-shell emission line of neutral irons from the Galactic center (GC) region is one of the key for the structure and activity of the GC. The origin is still open question, but possibly due either to X-ray radiation or to electron bombarding to neutral atoms. To address this issue, we analyzed the Suzaku X-ray spectrum from the GC region of intense neutral iron line emission, and report on the discovery of Kalpha lines of neutral argon, calcium, chrome, and manganese atoms. The equivalent widths of these Kalpha lines indicate that the metal abundances in the GC region should be ~1.6 and ~4 of solar value, depending on the X-ray and the electron origins, respectively. On the other hand, the metal abundances in the hot plasma in the GC region are found to be ~1-2 solar. These results favor that the origin of the neutral Kalpha lines are due to X-ray irradiation.

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