Reflection nebulae in the Galactic center: soft X-ray imaging polarimetry

2015/02/17 by F. Marin, F. Muleri, P. Soffitta +2 · 16 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Active galactic nucleus #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Galactic nuclei #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Molecular cloud #Polarimetry #Reflection (computer programming) #Reflection nebula #Supermassive black hole #acm:85-05 #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.HE #msc:85-05

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425341

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 576, A19 (EDP Sciences) · 7 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2015/02/17 · openalex publication_date 2015/02/20 · arxiv updated 2015/03/18 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. The origin of irradiation and fluorescence of the 6.4 keV bright giant molecular clouds surrounding Sgr A∗, the central supermassive black hole of our Galaxy, remains enigmatic despite numerous attempts to decipher it with spectroscopic and timing analyses.

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