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We present 7 mm lambda VLBA observations of the compact nonthermal radio source in the Galactic Center, Sgr A*. These observations confirm the hypothesis that the image of Sgr A* is a resolved elliptical Gaussian caused by the scattering of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Geoffrey C. Bower , Donald C. Backer

Our aim is to characterize the polarized continuum emission properties including intensity, polarization position angle, and polarization percentage of Sgr A* at $\sim$100 (3.0 mm), $\sim$230 (1.3 mm), $\sim$345 (0.87 mm), $\sim$500 (0.6…

Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the variable radio, near-infrared (NIR), and X-ray source associated with accretion onto the Galactic center black hole. We have analyzed a comprehensive submillimeter (including new observations simultaneous with…

Context: Recent near-infrared polarization measurements of SgrA* show that its emission is significantly polarized during flares and consists of a non- or weakly polarized main flare with highly polarized sub-flares. The flare activity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Meyer , A. Eckart , R. Schoedel , W. J. Duschl , K. Muzic , M. Dovciak , V. Karas

We present a spectrum of Sgr A* observed simultaneously on June 17, 2003 at wavelengths from 90 to 0.7 cm with the VLA. In the spectrum, we also include the measurements of Sgr A* observed on the same day with the GMRT at 49 cm, the SMA at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. An , J. -H. Zhao , X. -Y. Hong , Z. -Q. Shen , W. M. Goss , S. Roy , A. P. Rao

We summarize previous VLBI observations of Sgr A* at millimeter wavelengths and present new results from VLBI observations at 86 and at 215 GHz. At 86 GHz the measured closure phase is close to zero, consistent with a point-like or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. P. Krichbaum , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

Sgr A*, the 4 x 10^6 solar-mass supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center, exhibits frequent flaring with X-ray luminosities of L_X ~ 10^35--10^36 erg s^-1, while its ultraviolet (UV) emission remains unconstrained due to extreme…

We report the results of multi-epoch observations of Sgr A* with VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA) at 43 GHz, carried out from 2004 to 2008. We detected a time variation of flux at 11 % level and intrinsic size at 19 %. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Kazunori Akiyama , Rohta Takahashi , Mareki Honma , Tomoaki Oyama , Hideyuki Kobayashi

Based on Bremer et al. (2011) and Eckart et al. (2012) we report on simultaneous observations and modeling of the millimeter, near-infrared, and X-ray flare emission of the source Sagittarius A* (SgrA*) associated with the super-massive…

Context. The compact radio and near-infrared (NIR) source Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) associated with the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center was observed at 7 mm in the context of a NIR triggered global Very Long Baseline Array…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 C. Rauch , E. Ros , T. P. Krichbaum , A. Eckart , J. A. Zensus , B. Shahzamanian , K. Muzic

We report progress on measuring the position of Sgr A* on infrared images, placing limits on the motion of the central star cluster relative to Sgr A*, and measuring the proper motionof Sgr A* itself. The position of Sgr A* has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. J. Reid , K. M. Menten , R. Genzel , T. Ott , R. Schoedel , A. Eckart , A. Brunthaler

We report new observations with the Very Large Array, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, and Submillimeter Array at frequencies from 1.0 to 355 GHz of the Galactic Center black hole, Sagittarius A*. These observations were conducted between…

We report the detection of variable linear polarization from Sgr A* at a wavelength of 3.5mm, the longest wavelength yet at which a detection has been made. The mean polarization is 2.1 +/- 0.1% at a position angle of 16 +/- 2 deg with rms…

Recent infrared (IR) observations of the center of our Galaxy indicate that the supermassive black hole source Sgr A* is strongly variable in the IR. The timescale for the variability, $\sim 30$ min, is comparable to that of the X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Feng Yuan , Eliot Quataert , Ramesh Narayan

The near-infrared emission from the black hole at the Galactic center (Sgr A*) has unique properties. The most striking feature is a suggestive periodic sub-structure that has been observed in a couple of flares so far. Using near-infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Meyer , R. Schoedel , A. Eckart , W. J. Duschl , V. Karas , M. Dovciak

The recent detection of a 3-hr X-ray flare by the Chandra Observatory has raised the possibility of enhanced emission over a broad range of wavelengths from Sgr A*, the suspected 2.6 x 10^6 solar mass black hole at the Galactic Center,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. D. Hornstein , A. M. Ghez , A. Tanner , M. Morris , E. E. Becklin , P. Wizinowich

We present the results of a 3.3-year project to monitor the flux density of Sagittarius A* at 2.0, 1.3, and 0.7 cm with the VLA. The fully calibrated light curves for Sgr A* at all three wavelengths are presented. Typical errors in the flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. M. Herrnstein , J. -H. Zhao , G. C. Bower , W. M. Goss

To understand the correlation and the radiation mechanism of flare emission in different wavelength bands, we have coordinated a number of telescopes to observe SgrA* simultaneously. We focus only on one aspect of the preliminary results of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-04-05 F. Yusef-Zadeh , J. Miller-Jones , D. Roberts , M. Wardle , M. Reid , K. Dodds-Eden , D. Porquet , N. Grosso

We report the detection and analysis of a radio flare observed on 17 April 2014 from Sgr A* at $9$ GHz using the VLA in its A-array configuration. This is the first reported simultaneous radio observation of Sgr A* across $16$ frequency…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-30 Joseph M. Michail , Farhad Yusef-Zadeh , Mark Wardle

Observations of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) in near-infrared (NIR) show irregular flaring activity. Flares coincide with astrometric rotation of brightness centroid and with looping patterns in fractional linear polarization. These signatures…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-27 A. I. Yfantis , M. Wielgus , M. A. Mościbrodzka