Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-07-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Accepted by PASJ
Scientific paper
We have surveyed spatial profiles of the Fe K$\alpha$ lines in the Galactic center diffuse X-rays (GCDX), including the transient region from the GCDX to the Galactic ridge X-ray emission (GRXE), with the Suzaku satellite. We resolved Fe K$\alpha$ line complex into three lines of Fe \emissiontype{I}, Fe \emissiontype{XXV} and Fe \emissiontype{XXVI} K$\alpha$, and obtained their spatial intensity profiles with the resolution of $\sim \timeform{0D.1}$. We compared the Fe \emissiontype{XXV} K$\alpha$ profile with a stellar mass distribution (SMD) model made from near infrared observations. The intensity profile of Fe \emissiontype{XXV} K$\alpha$ is nicely fitted with the SMD model in the GRXE region, while that in the GCDX region shows $3.8\pm0.3$ $(\timeform{0D.2}<|l|<\timeform{1D.5})$ or $19\pm6$ $(|l|<\timeform{0D.2})$ times excess over the best-fit SMD model in the GRXE region. Thus Fe \emissiontype{XXV} K$\alpha$ in the GCDX is hardly explained by the same origin of the GRXE. In the case of point source origin, a new population with the extremely strong Fe \emissiontype{XXV} K$\alpha$ line is required. An alternative possibility is that the majority of the GCDX is truly diffuse optically thin thermal plasma.
Go Tsuru Takeshi
Koyama Katsuji
Matsumoto Hironori
Nobukawa Masayoshi
Uchiyama Hideki
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