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We present radio images within 30$''$ of Sgr A* based on recent VLA observations at 34 GHz with 7.8 microJy sensitivity and resolution $\sim88\times46$ milliarcseconds (mas). We report 44 partially resolved compact sources clustered in two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 F. Yusef-Zadeh , D. A. Roberts , M. Wardle , W. Cotton , R. Schödel , M. J. Royster

We present Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) 1.3 mm measurements of the radio source located at the position of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), collected during the 2017 April 5--11 campaign. The observations were carried…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-16 The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We observed Sgr A* using the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at multiple cm and mm wavelengths on 17 June 2003. The measured flux densities of Sgr A*, together with those obtained from the Submillimeter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. an , W. M. Goss , J. -H. Zhao , X. Y. Hong , S. Roy , A. P. Rao , Z. -Q. Shen

Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, is known to be a variable source of X-ray, near-infrared (NIR), and submillimeter (submm) radiation and therefore a prime candidate to study the…

Aims. We report on simultaneous observations and modeling of mid-infrared (MIR), near-infrared (NIR), and submillimeter (submm) emission of the source Sgr A* associated with the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy. Our goal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-01-22 X. Haubois , K. Dodds-Eden , A. Weiss , T. Paumard , G. Perrin , Y. Clénet , S. Gillessen , P. Kervella , F. Eisenhauer , R. Genzel , D. Rouan

The scattering diameters of Sgr A* and several nearby OH masers (~ 1" at 1 GHz) indicate that a region of enhanced scattering is along the line of sight to the Galactic center. The scattering diameter of an extragalactic source seen through…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 T. Joseph W. Lazio , James M. Cordes

Chandra has detected optically thin, thermal X-ray emission with a size of ~1 arcsec and luminosity ~10^33 erg/s from the direction of the Galactic supermassive black hole (SMBH), Sgr A*. We suggest that a significant or even dominant…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 S. Sazonov , R. Sunyaev , M. Revnivtsev

The radio source Sgr A* in the Galactic center emits a polarized spectrum at millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths that is strongly suggestive of relativistic disk accretion onto a massive black hole. We use the well-constrained mass of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Benjamin C. Bromley , Fulvio Melia , Siming Liu

Near-infrared observations of stellar orbits at the Galactic Center provide conclusive evidence for a massive black hole associated with the compact radio source Sgr A*. The astrometric reference frame for these observations is tied to a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-08 P. M. Plewa , S. Gillessen , F. Eisenhauer , T. Ott , O. Pfuhl , E. George , J. Dexter , M. Habibi , R. Genzel , M. J. Reid , K. M. Menten

Recent high resolution observations of the Galactic center black hole allow for direct comparison with accretion disk simulations. We compare two-temperature synchrotron emission models from three dimensional, general relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-26 Jason Dexter , Eric Agol , P. Chris Fragile , Jonathan C. McKinney

Multi-wavelength monitoring of Sgr A* flaring activity confirms the presence of embedded structures within the disk on size scales commensurate with the innermost accretion region, matching size scales that are derived from observed light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-10 E M Howard

Synchrotron radiation from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is often highly polarized. We present a search for linear polarization with the Very Large Array (VLA) at 4.8 GHz and 8.4 GHz from the nearest AGN, Sagittarius A*. As a part of this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Geoffrey C. Bower , Donald C. Backer , Jun-Hui Zhao , Miller Goss , Heino Falcke

The supermassive black hole Sgr A* is located at the Milky Way center. We studied its flaring activity close to the DSO/G2 pericenter passage to constrain the physical properties and origin of the flares. Simultaneous/coordinated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-27 E. Mossoux , N. Grosso , H. Bushouse , A. Eckart , F. Yusef-Zadeh , R. L. Plambeck , F. Peissker , M. Valencia-S. , D. Porquet , W. D. Cotton , D. A. Roberts

We report the first time-series of broadband infrared (IR) color measurements of Sgr A*, the variable emission source associated with the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center. Using the laser and natural guide star AO systems on…

An initial three-station version of the Event Horizon Telescope, a millimeter-wavelength very-long baseline interferometer, has observed Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) repeatedly from 2007 to 2013, resulting in the measurement of a variety of…

We present new astrometric observations of the Galactic Center magnetar, PSR J1745-2900, with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). Combined with previously published measurements in 10 epochs that spanned 477 days, the complete data set…

The compact, nonthermal radio source Sgr A* at the Galactic Center appears to be coincident with a 2.6 million solar mass point-like object. Its energy source may be the release of gravitational energy as gas from the interstellar medium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Robert F. Coker , Fulvio Melia

An attempt is made to reconcile the large wind-loss rates of stars in the Galactic Centre (GC) with the predicted low accretion rate for Sgr A*, the putative blackhole at the heart of the Milky Way. It is found that, independent of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 R. F. Coker

Recent radio observations by the VLBA at 7 and 3.5 mm produced the high-resolution images of the compact radio source located at the center of our Galaxy--Sgr A*, and detected its wavelength-dependent intrinsic sizes at the two wavelengths.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Feng Yuan , Zhi-Qiang Shen , Lei Huang

We measured the linear polarization of Sagittarius A* to be 7.2 +/- 0.6 % at 230 GHzusing the BIMA array with a resolution of 3.6 x 0.9 arcsec. This confirms the previously reported detection with the JCMT 14-m antenna. Our high resolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Geoffrey C. Bower , Melvyn C. H. Wright , Heino Falcke , Donald C. Backer
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