Baade.s Window and the X-ray Bulge

This proposal is a request for the reobservation of an AO3 target for which a25 ks exposure was almost entirely contaminated by strong soft proton flares,and thus cannot be used to meet our scientific objectives. This exposure is thelinchpin to the analysis of the other observations in this program; without thereobservation, the interpretation of the other observations will be equivocal.We will be measuring the temperature of soft components of the Galactic Xraybulge as close to the nucleus as possible, through Baade.s Window. We will thenmeasure the change in temperature with distance from the nucleus. From thesemeasures we expect to determine the thermal history of the gas in the Xrayemitting bulge and thus the impact of the central engine. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]