The huge mirror reflecting the past activities of the massive black hole at the Galactic nucleus

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May 2003

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The Astronomical Herald (ISSN 0374-2466), Vol. 96, No. 5, p. 257 - 262 (2003)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Galactic Nucleus: Black Hole

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Our Galactic center region is one of the most interesting targets in astronomy with various objects, and there are many questions till now. The most puzzling problem is the massive black hole at the Galactic nucleus. The luminosity is anomalously low for the black hole with the mass of 3×106Msolar. We discovered new X-ray objects of "X-ray Reflection Nebula" which emit fluorescent X-rays irradiated by the massive black hole. By using the intensity of reflected X-rays, we can obtain the past luminosity of the black hole. Some hundreds of years ago, it was 106 times as luminous as the present.

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