ASCA Discovery of Diffuse 6.4 keV Emission Near the Sgr C Complex: A New   X-ray Reflection Nebula
  We present an ASCA discovery of diffuse hard X-ray emission from the Sgr C complex with its peak in the vicinity of the molecular cloud core. The X-ray spectrum is characterized by a strong 6.4-keV line and large absorption. These properties suggest that Sgr C is a new X-ray reflection nebula which emits fluorescent and scattered X-rays via irradiation from an external X-ray source. We found no adequately bright source in the immediate Sgr C vicinity to fully account for the fluorescence. The irradiating source may be the Galactic nucleus Sgr A*, which was brighter in the past than it is now as is suggested from observations of the first X-ray reflection nebula Sgr B2. 
H. Murakami (1), K. Koyama (1 and 2), M. Tsujimoto (1), Y. Maeda (3),   and M. Sakano (4) ((1) Dept. Physics, Kyoto Universi...