Spectrum Composition of Galactic Center X-ray Emission with Point and Diffuse X-ray Sources

Abstract

This paper reports that the X-ray spectrum from the Galactic Center X-ray Emission (GCXE) is expressed by the assembly of active binaries, non-magnetic Cataclysmic Variables, magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (X-ray active star: XAS), cold matter and diffuse sources. In the fitting of the limited components of the XASs, the GCXE spectrum exhibits significant excesses with ${\chi }^2/d.o.f.=5.67$. The excesses are found at the energies of K$\alpha$, He$\alpha$, Ly$\alpha$ and radiative recombination continuum of S, Fe and Ni. By adding components of the cold matter and the diffuse sources, the GCXE spectrum is nicely reproduced with ${\chi }^2/d.o.f.=1.53$, which is a first quantitative model for the origin of the GCXE spectrum. The drastic improvement is mainly due to the recombining plasmas in the diffuse sources, which indicate the presence of high-energy activity of Sgr A${}^{\ast }$ in the past of $>1000$~years.

7 pages, 3 figures, accepted to PASJ. Unit of EW6.4 in tables 3 and 4 were modified

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