======================================================================== G C N E W S * Newsflash * - The Newsletter for Galactic Center Research - gcnews@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/gcnews ======================================================================== Vol. 9, No. 16 May 14, 1999 This is the last newsflash for this volume. The next newsletter will appear very soon. Recently submitted papers: -------------------------- Email : sidoli@ifctr.mi.cnr.it Title : The Zoo of X-ray sources in the Galactic Center Region: Observations with BeppoSAX Author(s): L.Sidoli(1,2), S.Mereghetti(1), G.L.Israel(3,4), L.Chiappetti(1), A.Treves(5), and M.Orlandini(6) Institute: (1) Istituto di Fisica Cosmica ``G.Occhialini", C.N.R., via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy. (2) Universit\`a di Milano, Sez. Astrofisica, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy. (3) Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, Monteporzio Catone, Roma, Italy. (4) Affiliated to I.C.R.A. (5) Universit\`a degli Studi dell'Insubria, Polo di Como, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Fisiche e Matematiche, Via Lucini 3, 22100, Como, Italy. (6) TeSRE, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy. Paper : to appear in ApJ Abstract: We report the results of a survey of the Galactic Center region (l < 2 DEG, b< 0.5 DEG) performed with the BeppoSAX satellite. The flux from the center of our Galaxy corresponds to a luminosity of ~3 10^35 erg s^-1 in the 2-10 keV range. Due to the limited angular resolution (<~1') only part of it is supposed to come from Sagittarius A*, the non-thermal radio source which is believed to mark the dynamical center of the Galaxy. In addition to the diffuse emission, several bright (L_x>~10^36 ergs s^-1) point sources have been observed, both persistent (A 1742-294, SLX 1744-299, SLX 1744-300, 1E 1743.1-2843, 1E 1740.7-2942) and transient (XTE J1748-288, SAX J1747.0-2853 and KS 1741-293). The Low Mass X-ray Binary AX J1745.6-2901, discovered with ASCA at only 1.3' from SgrA* was detected in a low luminosity state in August 1997. The 1-150 keV spectrum of the hard X-ray source 1E 1740.7-2942 is well described by a Comptonization model, typical of black hole candidates in their low/hard state, with no evidence for strong Fe lines. The detection of a type I burst shows that the transient source SAX J1747.0-2853 (probably the same as the 1976 transient GX 0.2-0.2) is a LMXRB containing a neutron star. The transient black hole candidate XTE J1748-288 was detected at a luminosity (~ 10^36 ergs s^-1) consistent with the extrapolation of the exponential decay of the outburst observed with the XTE All Sky Monitor. Two fainter sources are very likely associated with young neutron stars: the (possibly diffuse) X-ray source at the center of the composite supernova remnant G0.9+0.1, and the ``head" of the axially symmetric radio source G359.23-0.92. The latter has been detected above ~ 6 keV, supporting a non-thermal emission mechanism. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Older versions of the Newsflash can be found at the gcnews web-page) ======================================================================== Edited by Angela Cotera Heino Falcke (cotera@ipac.caltech.edu) (hfalcke@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For Abstract submission please send the (La)Tex file of your paper to gcnews@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de ========================================================================