The extreme luminosity states of Sagittarius A* | Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

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Table 1:

The brightest X-ray flares from SgrA*. For references see text.
Label	Date	Observatory	$\alpha=\Gamma-1$	X-ray flux	NIR L-band	11.8 $\mu$ m
				density	flux density	flux density
				( $\mu$ Jy)	(mJy)	(mJy)
$\alpha$	Oct. 26/27, 2000	Chandra	0.0 $\pm$ 0.8	0.65 $\pm$ 0.07	-	-
$\beta$	Oct. 3, 2002	XMM	1.2 $\pm$ 0.3	2.7 $\pm$ 0.4	-	-
$\gamma$	Apr. 4, 2007	XMM	1.3 $\pm$ 0.3	1.7 $\pm$ 0.3	20 $\pm$ 2	<3 $\sigma=57$

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