The X-ray lightcurve of Sagittarius A* over the past 150 years inferred from Fe-K α line reverberation in Galactic centre molecular clouds

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 545, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Capelli, R ^a   Warwick, R S ^b   Porquet, D ^c   Gillessen, S ^a   Predehl, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Galaxy: center; ISM: clouds; X rays: ISM

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; CLOUD PARAMETERS; CLOUD SYSTEMS; COLUMN DENSITY; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EQUIVALENT WIDTH; FE-K EDGE; GALAXY: CENTER; HIGH ACTIVITY; ISM : CLOUDS; LINE EMISSIONS; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; MOS CAMERAS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REFLECTION NEBULAE; SET CONSTRAINTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TIME-AVERAGED; X RAYS: ISM; X-RAY LUMINOSITY; X-RAY TRANSIENTS; XMM-NEWTON OBSERVATIONS;

CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS; FLUORESCENCE; GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

X RAYS;

EID: 84865736467     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219544     Document Type: Review

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