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银河系中心区扩散分子气体中6.4 keV线发射和H $_2$电离的起源

The origin of the 6.4 keV line emission and H$_2$ ionization in the diffuse molecular gas of the Galactic center region

V. A. Dogiel, D. O. Chernyshov, V. Tatischeff, K. -S. Cheng, R. Terrier

摘要:

我们研究了最近由朱雀观测到的6.4keV弥散谱线的起源和银河中心区弥散分子气体中H_2电离的来源。结果表明,GC弥漫星际介质中的Fe原子和H_2分子不是被同一粒子电离的。铁原子很可能是在超大质量黑洞的前一次耀斑活动中被Sgr A* 发射的X射线光子电离的。如果Sgr A$* 过去的活动至少持续了几百年,并释放了平均2-100 keV的光度> 10^38} erg s^{-1},那么测量到的6.4 keV弥散线发射的纵向强度分布就能得到最好的解释。扩散气体中的H_2分子不能被来自Sgr A* 的光子电离,因为软光子被中心黑洞周围的星际气体强烈吸收。GC区域的氢分子很可能是被低能宇宙射线电离的,可能是质子而不是电子,它们对6.4 keV谱线发射的贡献可以忽略不计。

英文摘要:

We investigate the origin of the diffuse 6.4 keV line emission recently detected by Suzaku and the source of H_2ionization in the diffuse molecular gas of the Galactic Center (GC) region. We show that Fe atoms and H_2 molecules in the diffuse interstellar medium of the GC are not ionized by the same particles. The Fe atoms are most likely ionized by X-ray photons emitted by Sgr A* during a previous period of flaring activity of the supermassive black hole. The measured longitudinal intensity distribution of the diffuse 6.4 keV line emission is best explained if the past activity of Sgr A$* lasted at least several hundred years and released a mean 2-100 keV luminosity > 10^38} erg s^{-1}. The H_2 molecules of the diffuse gas can not be ionized by photons from Sgr A*, because soft photons are strongly absorbed in the interstellar gas around the central black hole. The molecular hydrogen in the GC region is most likely ionized by low-energy cosmic rays, probably protons rather than electrons, whose contribution into the diffuse 6.4 keV line emission is negligible.

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