A persistent high-energy flux from the heart of the milky way: INTEGRAL'S view of the Galactic center

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 636, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 275-289

  Belanger G ^a,b   Goldwurm, A ^a,b   Renaud, M ^a,b   Terrier, R ^a,b   Melia, F ^c   Lund, N ^d   Paul, J ^a,b   Skinner, G ^e   Yusef Zadeh, F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: nucleus; Stars: neutron; X rays: binaries; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644549259     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497629     Document Type: Article

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