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We observed Sgr A* and two extragalactic radio sources nearby in angle with the VLBA over a period of two years and measured relative positions with an accuracy approaching 0.1 mas. The apparent proper motion of Sgr A* relative to J1745-283…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. J. Reid , A. C. S. Readhead , R. C. Vermeulen , R. N. Treuhaft

Radio and mm-wavelength observations of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the radio source associated with the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy, show that it behaves as a partially self-absorbed synchrotron-emitting source. The…

We present the results of near-infrared (2 and 3 microns) monitoring of Sgr A*-IR with 1 min time sampling using the natural and laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system at the Keck II telescope. Sgr A*-IR was observed continuously…

Sagittarius A* exhibits frequent flaring activity across the electromagnetic spectrum. Signatures of an orbiting hot spot have been identified in the polarized millimeter wavelength light curves observed with ALMA in 2017 immediately after…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-29 A. I. Yfantis , M. A. Mościbrodzka , M. Wielgus , J. T. Vos , A. Jimenez-Rosales

The compact radio source at the center of our Galaxy, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is the subject of intensive study as it provides a close-up view of an accreting supermassive black hole. Sgr A* provides us with a prototype of a low-luminosity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-29 Christiaan Brinkerink , Heino Falcke , Andreas Brunthaler , Casey Law

The millimeter/submillimeter wavelength polarization of Sgr A* is known to be variable in both magnitude and position angle on time scales down to a few hours. The unstable polarization has prevented measurements made at different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. P. Marrone , J. M. Moran , J. -H. Zhao , R. Rao

We have performed near-infrared monitoring observations of Sgr A*, the Galactic center radio source associated with a supermassive black hole, with the near-infrared camera CIAO and the 36-element adaptive optics system on the Subaru…

We report measurements with the VLBA of the position of Sgr A* with respect to two extragalactic radio sources over a period of eight years. The apparent proper motion of \sgrab relative to J1745-283 is 6.379 +/- 0.024 mas/y along a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. J. Reid , A. Brunthaler

The black hole at the Galactic Center, Sgr A*, is the prototype of a galactic nucleus at a very low level of activity. Its radio through submm-wave emission is known to come from a region close to the event horizon, however, the source of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 Heino Falcke , Sera Markoff , Geoffrey C. Bower

The electromagnetic counterpart to the Galactic center supermassive black hole, Sgr A*, has been observed in the near-infrared for over 20 years and is known to be highly variable. We report new Keck Telescope observations showing that Sgr…

The central region of the Galaxy has been observed at 580, 620 and 1010 MHz with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). We detect emission from Sgr-A*, the compact object at the dynamical centre of the Galaxy, and estimate its flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Subhashis Roy , A. Pramesh Rao

We have performed monitoring observations of the flux density toward the Galactic center compact radio source, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), which is a supermassive black hole, from 1996 to 2005 using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array of the…

In this paper the jet model for the supermassive black hole candidate Sgr A* in the Center of the Galaxy is reviewed. The most recent model, with a reduced set of parameters, is able to account for all major radio properties of the source:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Heino Falcke

Sagittarius A* is the source of near infrared, X-ray, radio, and (sub)millimeter emission associated with the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center. In the submillimeter regime, Sgr A* exhibits time-variable linear polarization on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Vincent L. Fish , Sheperd S. Doeleman , Avery E. Broderick , Abraham Loeb , Alan E. E. Rogers

Sagittarius A*, the ~4 x 10^6 solar mass black hole candidate at the Galactic Center, can be studied on Schwarzschild radius scales with (sub)millimeter wavelength Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). We report on 1.3 mm wavelength…

We report the presence of a 106-day cycle in the radio variability of Sgr A* based on an analysis of data observed with the Very Large Array (VLA) over the past 20 years. The pulsed signal is most clearly seen at 1.3 cm with a ratio of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jun-Hui Zhao , G. C. Bower , W. M. Goss

We report results from a deep high-frequency search for pulsars within the central parsec of Sgr A* using the Green Bank Telescope. The observing frequency of 15 GHz was chosen to maximize the likelihood of detecting normal pulsars (i.e.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 J-P. Macquart , N. Kanekar , D. Frail , S. Ransom

Context: The supermassive black hole at the Galactic center, SgrA*, shows frequent radiation outbursts, often called 'flares'. In the near-infrared some of these flares were reported as showing intrinsic quasi-periodicities. The flux peaks…

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

The nature of the emission region around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center, remains under debate. A prediction of jet models is that a frequency-dependent shift in the position of the radio core…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-11 R. Fraga-Encinas , M. Moscibrodzka , H. Falcke

We summarize the current state of polarization observations of Sagittarius A*, the compact radio source and supermassive black hole candidate in the Galactic Center. These observations are providing new tools for understanding accretion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Geoffrey C. Bower