X-ray hiccups from Sagittarius A* observed by XMM-Newton: The second brightest flare and three moderate flares caught in half a day

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 549-557

  Porquet, D ^a   Grosso, N ^a   Predehl, P ^b   Hasinger, G ^b   Yusef Zadeh, F ^c   Aschenbach, B ^b   Trap, G ^d,e   Melia, F ^f   Warwick, R S ^g   Goldwurm, A ^d,e   Belanger G ^h   Tanaka, Y ^b   Genzel, R ^b   Dodds Eden, K ^b   Sakano, M ^g   Ferrando, P ^d,e  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^f The University of Arizona   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Radiation mechanisms: general; X rays: general; X rays: individuals: SgrA

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DUST; LUMINANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; X RAYS;

GALAXY: CENTER; RADIATION MECHANISMS: GENERAL; X-RAYS: GENERAL; X-RAYS: INDIVIDUALS: SGRA; XMM-NEWTON;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 50549083139     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809986     Document Type: Article

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