THE XMM-Newton VIEW OF THE GALACTIC CENTRE
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In X-rays, the Galactic Centre (GC) Region appears as a complex of diffuse thermal and non-thermal X-ray emission intermixed with a population of luminous discrete sources. Here we present some new findings from the XMM-Newton GC survey, focusing particularly on Sgr A, Sgr A East, the Radio Arc region, and a newly discovered X-ray non-thermal filament.
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