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Simultaneous HESS and Chandra observations of Sagitarius A$^{\star}$ during an X-ray flare

Simultaneous HESS and Chandra observations of Sagitarius A$^{\star}$ during an X-ray flare

The rapidly varying (~10 minute timescale) non-thermal X-ray emission observed from Sgr A* implies that particle acceleration is occuring close to the event horizon of the supermassive black hole. The TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1745-290 is coincident with Sgr A* and may be closely related to its X-ray emission. Simultaneous …