X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Center

2010/02/06 by V. A. Dogiel, K. S. Cheng, Dogiel, V. A. +12
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1002.1379

5 pages, Contributed talk for the proceedings of the Galactic Center Workshop 2009, "The Galactic Center: A Window to the Nuclear Environment of Disk Galaxies", in 19-21 October, Shanghai China, 19-21 October, 2009

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Abstract

We discuss the origin of continuum and line X-ray emission observed in the direction the Galactic Center. We predict a significant flux of de-excitation gamma-ray lines in this direction, which can be produced by subrelativistic protons generated by accretion processes.

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