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Article: High energy radiation from the direction of the galactic black hole Sgr A*

TitleHigh energy radiation from the direction of the galactic black hole Sgr A*
Authors
Keywordsγ-rays
Galactic black hole
Radiation processes
Issue Date2008
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/asr
Citation
Advances In Space Research, 2008, v. 42 n. 3, p. 538-543 How to Cite?
AbstractX-ray observations indicate that the Galactic black hole Sgr A* is inactive now, however, we suggest that Sgr A* can become active when a captured star is tidally disrupted and matter is accreted into the black hole. Consequently the Galactic black hole could be a powerful source of relativistic protons with a characteristic energy ∼1052 erg per capture. The diffuse GeV and TeV γ-rays emitted in the direction of the Galactic Center (GC) are the direct consequences of p-p collisions of such relativistic protons ejected by very recent capture events occurred ≤105 yr ago. On the other hand, the extended electron-positron annihilation line emission observed from GC is a phenomenon related to a large population of thermalized positrons, which are produced, cooled down and accumulated through hundreds of past capture events during a period of ∼107 yr. In addition to explaining GeV, TeV and 511 keV annihilation emissions we also estimate the photon flux of several MeV resulting from in-flight annihilation process. © 2007 COSPAR.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/80450
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.663
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dc.contributor.authorChernyshov, DOen_HK
dc.contributor.authorDogiel, Ven_HK
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dc.date.issued2008en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAdvances In Space Research, 2008, v. 42 n. 3, p. 538-543en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0273-1177en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/80450-
dc.description.abstractX-ray observations indicate that the Galactic black hole Sgr A* is inactive now, however, we suggest that Sgr A* can become active when a captured star is tidally disrupted and matter is accreted into the black hole. Consequently the Galactic black hole could be a powerful source of relativistic protons with a characteristic energy ∼1052 erg per capture. The diffuse GeV and TeV γ-rays emitted in the direction of the Galactic Center (GC) are the direct consequences of p-p collisions of such relativistic protons ejected by very recent capture events occurred ≤105 yr ago. On the other hand, the extended electron-positron annihilation line emission observed from GC is a phenomenon related to a large population of thermalized positrons, which are produced, cooled down and accumulated through hundreds of past capture events during a period of ∼107 yr. In addition to explaining GeV, TeV and 511 keV annihilation emissions we also estimate the photon flux of several MeV resulting from in-flight annihilation process. © 2007 COSPAR.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/asren_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAdvances in Space Researchen_HK
dc.subjectγ-raysen_HK
dc.subjectGalactic black holeen_HK
dc.subjectRadiation processesen_HK
dc.titleHigh energy radiation from the direction of the galactic black hole Sgr A*en_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailCheng, KS: hrspksc@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.103en_HK
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