Speaker
Nathalie Degenaar
(University of Amsterdam)
Description
The center of our Galaxy has been monitored with the Swift/XRT almost every day since 2006. Through the unique combination of high cadence and good X-ray sensitivity, this program provided excellent means to capture X-ray flares from the supermassive black hole Sgr A*, to study the accretion properties of 16 transient X-ray binaries, and to discover new X-ray transients. This talk will review the research highlights of nearly 20 years of Swift's X-ray monitoring of the Galactic center.
Primary author
Nathalie Degenaar
(University of Amsterdam)
Co-authors
Jamie Kennea
(Penn State)
Prof.
Jon Miller
(University of Michigan)
Mark Reynolds
(University of Michigan)
Prof.
Rudy Wijnands
(University of Amsterdam)
