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X-Ray Observations of the Galactic Centre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

G. K. Skinner
G. K. Skinner*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Space Research University of Birmingham Birmingham, B15 2TT England

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Observations of the galactic centre region in the photon energy range 2–500 keV are reviewed. Point sources, transients, bursts and a patch of apparently diffuse emission ~1° in extent have all been observed. The relatively detailed information obtained with the Einstein observatory just above the bottom edge of the x-ray window is starting to be supplemented by observations at higher photon energies. Although there is known to be a strong, variable, source of high energy x-rays somewhere in the region there is little reason to associate it with Sgr A West, which is detectable, but relatively weak, in the energy range below 30 keV where detailed measurements have been possible.

Type
The High - Energy View
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 136: The Galactic Center , 1989 , pp. 567 - 580
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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