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We present results of our Chandra observation with the ACIS-I instrument centered on the position of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the compact nonthermal radio source associated with the massive black hole (MBH) at the dynamical center of the…

(Abridged) We present a Chandra observation of the supernova remnant (SNR) 3C 397 (G41.1-0.3) obtained with ACIS-S. Previous studies of this SNR have shown that it harbors a central X-ray `hot spot' suggestive of a compact object associated…

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We have made a series of joint spectral fits for two blank fields, the Lockman Hole and the Lynx-3A field, where a significant amount of both ASCA and ROSAT PSPC data exist after thorough screenings. The ASCA SIS, GIS and ROSAT PSPC spectra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Miyaji , Y. Ishisaki , Y. Ogasaka , Y. Ueda , M. J. Freyberg , G. Hasinger , Y. Tanaka

We report on the X-ray emission from the shell-like, non-thermal radio source Sgr A East located in the inner few parsecs of the Galaxy based on observations made with the ACIS detector on board Chandra. This is the first time Sgr A East…

We have observed a radio-quiet QSO Kaz 102 (z=0.136) with ASCA as a part of our program of complete spectral characterization of hard X-ray selected AGNs. We found that Kaz 102 shows unusual spectral properties. A simple power-law with…

The Sagittarius C (Sgr C) complex, located on the western edge of the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), hosts a mixture of star-forming and non-thermal activity whose X-ray properties remain poorly understood. Using deep archival Chandra and…

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We report here the results of high-resolution and spectral imaging X-ray observations, with both the ROSAT HRI and PSPC, of the field surrounding the nearby Seyfert galaxy IC4329A. Many point sources are detected, the brightest being…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Read , W. Pietsch

We report the detection of an absorbed central X-ray source and its strong, rapid variability in NGC4395, the least luminous Seyfert nucleus known. The X-ray source exhibits a number of flares with factors of 3-4 flux changes during a half…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 K. Iwasawa , A. C. Fabian , O. Almaini , P. Lira , A. Lawrence , K. Hayashida , H. Inoue

We present results of the ASCA observation of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 4507. The 0.5-10 keV spectrum is rather complex and consists of several components: (1) a hard X-ray power law heavily absorbed by a column density of about 3 10^23…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Comastri , C. Vignali , M. Cappi , G. Matt , R. Audano , H. Awaki , S. Ueno

We carried out the first wide-area unbiased survey with the ASCA satellite in the 0.7-10 keV band around a north Galactic-pole region covering a continuous area of 7 square degrees (Large Sky Survey; LSS). To make the best use of ASCA…

We present an analysis of the \rosat and \asca spectra of 21 broad line AGN (QSOs) with $z\sim 1$ detected in the 2-10 keV band with the \asca \gis. The summed spectrum in the \asca band is well described by a power-law with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. Pappa , G. C. Stewart , I. Georgantopoulos , R. E. Griffiths , B. J. Boyle , T. Shanks

During the $BeppoSAX$ survey of the Galactic Center region, we have discovered X-ray emission from the central region of the supernova remnant G0.9+0.1. The high interstellar absorption (N_H about 3 times 10^{23} cm^-2) is consistent with a…

To constrain the origin of the soft X-ray excess phenomenon seen in many active galactic nuclei, the intensity-correlated spectral analysis, developed by Noda et al. (2011b) for Markarian 509, was applied to wide-band (0.5-45 keV) Suzaku…

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We present the first sub-arcsecond resolution two-dimensional stellar kinematics and X-ray observations of the prototypical starburst galaxy NGC253 which define the position and nature of the galactic nucleus. We get an estimate of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Müller-Sánchez , O. González-Martín , J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros , J. A. Acosta-Pulido , M. A. Prieto

(abridged) Non-degenerate stars of essentially all spectral classes are soft X-ray sources. Low-mass stars on the cooler part of the main sequence and their pre-main sequence predecessors define the dominant stellar population in the galaxy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-11 M. Guedel , Y. Naze

We present the first Chandra results of the giant molecular cloud Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2), located about 100 pc away from the Galactic center. Diffuse X-rays are clearly separated from one-and-a-half dozen resolved point sources. The X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 H. Murakami , K. Koyama , Y. Maeda

Centaurus A, at a distance of less than 4 Mpc, is the nearest radio-loud AGN. Its emission is detected from radio to very-high energy gamma-rays. Despite the fact that Cen A is one of the best studied extragalactic objects the origin of its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 H. Steinle

We have incorporated the description of the X-ray properties of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) into a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation, adopting physically motivated scaling laws for accretion triggered by galaxy encounters. Our model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Menci , F. Fiore , G. C. Perola , A. Cavaliere

We present a catalog of 9017 X-ray sources identified in Chandra observations of a 2 by 0.8 degree field around the Galactic center. We increase the number of known X-ray sources in the region by a factor of 2.5. The catalog incorporates…

We have analysed archival ROSAT PSPC and Einstein HRI data for the x-ray point source in the bar of NGC 6822. The source decreased in x-ray flux by at least half an order of magnitude in the 13 years between the HRI and PSPC observations.…

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