XRISM spectroscopy of a crowded Galactic center region -- I. Disentangling the sources in the field of view
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| author | Parra, Maxime Matsunaga, Kai Mandel, Shifra Mori, Kaya Uchiyama, Hideki Nobukawa, Masayoshi Yaqoob, Tahir Hayashi, Takayuki Mizumoto, Misaki Yamada, Shinya Shidatsu, Megumi Draghis, Paul A. Gatuzz, Efrain Tomsick, John A. Hailey, Charles J. Jin, Chichuan Levin, Benjamin Ponti, Gabriele Reynolds, Mark |
| author_facet | Parra, Maxime Matsunaga, Kai Mandel, Shifra Mori, Kaya Uchiyama, Hideki Nobukawa, Masayoshi Yaqoob, Tahir Hayashi, Takayuki Mizumoto, Misaki Yamada, Shinya Shidatsu, Megumi Draghis, Paul A. Gatuzz, Efrain Tomsick, John A. Hailey, Charles J. Jin, Chichuan Levin, Benjamin Ponti, Gabriele Reynolds, Mark |
| contents | The Galactic center is a complex and crowded region hosting the supermassive black hole Sgr A*, numerous accreting compact objects, and diffuse X-ray emission. This paper presents the first in a series of studies analyzing the XRISM observation of the X-ray transient MAXI J1744-294/Swift J174540.2-290037, located $\sim18''$ from Sgr A*. The observation, conducted in March 2025, along with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR coverage, aimed to investigate the Fe emission features of MAXI J1744-294 during its outburst. However, the region surrounding the source is heavily contaminated by X-ray emission from various diffuse and point sources, including strong line contributions from the supernova remnant Sgr A East and the Galactic center X-ray emission (GCXE). Additionally, the nearby neutron star low-mass X-ray binary (NS-LMXB) AX J1745.6-2901 was also in outburst during the XRISM observation, further complicating the spectral analysis. This study focuses on disentangling the contributions of these overlapping sources by robustly modeling the background contamination and spatial-spectral mixing. We describe the methodologies, region selection, and data reduction techniques applied to the different instruments. Two complementary approaches -- empirical and physical modeling -- are employed to characterize diffuse emission and point-source contributions. The results provide a foundation for the detailed spectral analysis of MAXI J1744-294, AX J1745.6-2901, and the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM), which will be presented in subsequent papers. This study highlights the challenges and robust solutions for analyzing XRISM/Resolve data from crowded regions in conjunction with other X-ray telescope data. |
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| spellingShingle | XRISM spectroscopy of a crowded Galactic center region -- I. Disentangling the sources in the field of view Parra, Maxime Matsunaga, Kai Mandel, Shifra Mori, Kaya Uchiyama, Hideki Nobukawa, Masayoshi Yaqoob, Tahir Hayashi, Takayuki Mizumoto, Misaki Yamada, Shinya Shidatsu, Megumi Draghis, Paul A. Gatuzz, Efrain Tomsick, John A. Hailey, Charles J. Jin, Chichuan Levin, Benjamin Ponti, Gabriele Reynolds, Mark High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena The Galactic center is a complex and crowded region hosting the supermassive black hole Sgr A*, numerous accreting compact objects, and diffuse X-ray emission. This paper presents the first in a series of studies analyzing the XRISM observation of the X-ray transient MAXI J1744-294/Swift J174540.2-290037, located $\sim18''$ from Sgr A*. The observation, conducted in March 2025, along with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR coverage, aimed to investigate the Fe emission features of MAXI J1744-294 during its outburst. However, the region surrounding the source is heavily contaminated by X-ray emission from various diffuse and point sources, including strong line contributions from the supernova remnant Sgr A East and the Galactic center X-ray emission (GCXE). Additionally, the nearby neutron star low-mass X-ray binary (NS-LMXB) AX J1745.6-2901 was also in outburst during the XRISM observation, further complicating the spectral analysis. This study focuses on disentangling the contributions of these overlapping sources by robustly modeling the background contamination and spatial-spectral mixing. We describe the methodologies, region selection, and data reduction techniques applied to the different instruments. Two complementary approaches -- empirical and physical modeling -- are employed to characterize diffuse emission and point-source contributions. The results provide a foundation for the detailed spectral analysis of MAXI J1744-294, AX J1745.6-2901, and the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM), which will be presented in subsequent papers. This study highlights the challenges and robust solutions for analyzing XRISM/Resolve data from crowded regions in conjunction with other X-ray telescope data. |
| title | XRISM spectroscopy of a crowded Galactic center region -- I. Disentangling the sources in the field of view |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27236 |