X-ray spectra of Sagittarius A East and diffuse X-ray background near the Galactic center
Koyama, Katsuji; Nobukawa, Masayoshi; Uchiyama, Hideki; Nobukawa, Kumiko K.; Yamauchi, Shigeo; Ono, Akiko
Japan
Abstract
This paper reports the analysis procedure and results of simultaneous spectral fits of the Suzaku archive data for Sagittarius (Sgr) A East and the nearby Galactic center X-ray emission (GCXE). The results are that the mixed-morphology supernova remnant Sgr A East has a recombining plasma (RP) with Cr and Mn Heα lines, and a power-law component (PL) with an Fe I Kα line. The nearby GCXE has a ∼1.5-times larger surface brightness than the mean GCXE far from Sgr A East, although the spectral shape is almost identical. Based on these results, we interpret that the origins of the RP and the PL with the Fe I Kα line are past big flares of Sgr A⋆.