ASCA X-ray source catalogue in the Galactic Center region
Abstract
The ASCA satellite made 107 pointing observations on a 5 x 5 deg^2 region around the center of our Milky Way Galaxy (the Galactic Center) from 1993 to 1999. In the X-ray images of the 0.7--3 keV or 3--10 keV bands, we found 52 point sources and a dozen diffuse sources. All the point sources are uniformly fitted with an absorbed power-law model. For selected bright sources, Sgr A*, AX J1745.6-2901, A 1742-294, SLX 1744-300, GRO J1744-28, SLX 1737-282, GRS 1734-292, AX J1749.2-2725, KS 1741-293, GRS 1741.9-2853, and an unusual flare source XTE J1739-302, we present further detailed spectral and timing analyses, and discuss their nature. The dozen extended X-ray sources comprise radio supernova remnants, giant molecular clouds, and some new discoveries. Most show emission lines from either highly ionized atoms or low-ionized irons. The X-ray spectra were fitted with either a thin thermal or power-law model. This paper summarizes the results and provides the ASCA X-ray source catalogue in the Galactic Center region.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0108376,
title = {ASCA X-ray source catalogue in the Galactic Center region},
author = {Masaaki Sakano and Katsuji Koyama and Hiroshi Murakami and Yoshitomo Maeda and Shigeo Yamauchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0108376},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
33 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJS, also found in http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~mas/research/paper/#Sakano2001apjs