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| Paper: |
Sgr A*'s X-ray and Near-infrared Flare Statistics Point Toward a Synchrotron Self-Compton Nature of Flares |
| Volume: |
528, New Horizons in Galactic Center Astronomy and Beyond |
| Page: |
453 |
| Authors: |
Subroweit, M.; Eckart, A. |
| Abstract: |
We combine X-ray and near-infrared (NIR) statistics to address the question whether Sgr A*'s X-ray flares stem from a very high energetic synchrotron process or arise from a synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) process. We re-analyze already published data from Chandra's 2012 XVP campaign and relate our statistical finding to known statistics of the NIR flux density distribution. We model the X-ray flare count rate distribution with an exponentially truncated powerlaw of the form p(x)∝ x-αx exp(–λx). Using approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) we estimate the scaling parameter to be αx≈1.65. Considering certain observational constraints a similar value can be algebraically derived from a canonical SSC model. This indicates that SSC plays a dominant role in the X-ray flare mechanism of Sgr A*. |
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