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用Simbol-X观测银河系中心的X射线散射

The diffuse X-ray emission from the Galactic center with Simbol-X

R. Belmont, M. Tagger

摘要:

类似于较大的银河脊,银河系中心区域呈现出一种硬漫射发射,其起源在过去二十年中一直存在强烈的争论:这种发射是否来自众多尚未解决的离散点源的贡献?或者它是否起源于真正扩散的热等离子体?然而,银河系中心区域(GC)在许多方面与银河系外部不同,这使得银河系中心的漫射发射问题变得独特。虽然最近的观测似乎倾向于远银河脊的点源起源,但GC的情况仍然不清楚,需要进行新的观测。在这里,我们提出了真正的扩散等离子体建模的结果。有趣的是,这样的等离子体会强烈影响轨道分子云的动力学,从而影响中央发动机的活动。区分这两种假说已成为一个至关重要的问题,在理解这个中心区域,使内部小吸积盘和大尺度银河系动力学之间的联系。我们调查了Simbol-X在这方面的新投入。

英文摘要:

Similarly to the larger Galactic ridge, the Galactic center region presents a hard diffuse emission whose origin has been strongly debated for the past two decades: does this emission result from the contribution of numerous, yet unresolved, discrete point sources ? Or does it originate in a truly diffuse, hot plasma ? The Galactic center region (GC) is however different on many respects from the outer parts of the Galaxy, which makes the diffuse emission issue at the Galactic center unique. Although recent observations seem to favour a point sources origin in the far Galactic ridge, the situation is still unclear at the GC and new observations are required. Here we present results on the modeling of the truly diffuse plasma. Interestingly, such a plasma would strongly affect the dynamics of orbiting molecular clouds and thus the central engine activity. Discriminating between the two hypothesis has thus become a crucial issue in the understanding of this central region that makes the link between the inner small accretion disk and the large scale Galactic dynamics. We investigate the new inputs we can expect from Simbol-X on this matter.

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