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26–29 Aug 2013
Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering
US/Pacific timezone

Observations of Fermi bubbles and Evidence for Past Activities in the Galactic Center

26 Aug 2013, 12:00
30m
Auditorium (Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering)

Auditorium

Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering

100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA 92617

Speaker

Meng Su (MIT)

Description

Data from the Fermi-LAT revealed two large gamma-ray bubbles, extending 50 degrees above and below the Galactic center, with a width of about 40 degrees in longitude. I will show multi-wavelength studies of this so-called Fermi bubble structure including radio, microwave, and X-ray. Furthermore, we recently found evidence for large-scale collimated jet-like structure from Fermi-LAT data, penetrating through the bubbles from the Galactic center. This new piece of evidence provides further support of past activities in the Galactic center.

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