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A search for X-ray pulsations from the Galactic Centre

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AN intriguing problem in astrophysics is the determination of the conditions which prevail at the centre of the Galaxy. X-rays can penetrate the intervening dust and gas which obscure visible light from this region, and we show here that they may thus provide a sensitive probe of the hot gas and peculiar objects which may populate the Galactic Centre.

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  1. Downs Laboratory of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125

    F. A. CÓRDOVA & G. P. GARMIRE

  2. Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139

    W. H. G. LEWIN

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CÓRDOVA, F., GARMIRE, G. & LEWIN, W. A search for X-ray pulsations from the Galactic Centre. Nature 278, 529–530 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/278529a0

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