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arxiv: astro-ph/0109036 · v1 · submitted 2001-09-03 · 🌌 astro-ph

An upper limit on the X-ray luminosity of the black hole - microlens OGLE-1999-BUL-32

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We present an upper limit on the 3--20 keV X-ray flux from the black hole - microlens OGLE-1999-BUL-32, based on RXTE/PCA scans over the Galactic Center region in 1999-2000. It is shown that the X-ray luminosity of the black hole did not exceed L(3-20 keV)<3e33(d/1kpc)^2 ergs/s (where d is the distance to the black hole). Near the maximum of the background star amplification by the microlens (July 6, 1999), the upper limit on the X-ray flux corresponds to an X-ray luminosity L(3-20 keV)<7e33(d/1kpc)^2 ergs/s.

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