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High energy activity of the super-massive black hole at the Galactic Center

Goldwurm, Andrea

The center of our galaxy hosts the nearest super-massive black hole to the solar system, identified with the compact radio source Sgr A ^*. High energy experiments have tried in the past to detect the X/gamma-ray emission expected from the accretion of the surrounding material into this super-massive black hole. Only recently, however, t…