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Aug 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aipc.1269..154n&link_type=abstract
THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ORIGIN OF MATTER AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES: OMEG-2010. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1
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Galactic Centre, Satellites, Artificial, Brightness, X-Ray Spectra, Galactic Center, Bar, Circumnuclear Matter, And Bulge, Artificial Earth Satellites, Magnitudes And Colors, Luminosities, X-Ray
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One of the remarkable features of the X-ray emission from the Galactic center (GC) region is a Kα line at 6.4 keV from an Fe atom. Although some scenarios, such as photo-ionization by external X-rays (XRN) or collisional ionization by low energy cosmic-ray electrons (LECRe) have been proposed, the origin of the 6.4 keV line is still an open question. We analyzed X-ray data obtained by the X-ray satellite Suzaku and discovered K-shell lines of neutral Ar, Ca, Cr, and Mn atoms in addition to Fe and Ni. To explain the observed equivalent widths of the neutral lines, the elemental abundances are required to be ~1.6 and ~4 solar in the XRN and LECRe scenarios. On the other hand, the abundances of the various elements in the GC hot plasma were 1-2 solar. Ourresult suggests that the origin of the neutral K-shell lines is the external X-rays.
Go Tsuru Takeshi
Koyama Katsuji
Nobukawa Masayoshi
Ryu Syukyo G.
Tatischeff Vincent
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