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Flux variability is a fundamental channel of information from Sgr A* because of its direct probe of processes occurring within an accretion disk under strong gravity. We present simultaneous IR, X-ray and radio observations of Sgr A* on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-03 F. Yusef-Zadeh , M. Wardle , R. G. Arendt , C. O. Heinke , C. J. Chandler , H. Bushouse , G. A. Moellenbrock , J. M. Michail

The relatively rapid spatial and temporal variability of the X-ray radiation from some molecular clouds near the Galactic center shows that this emission component is due to the reflection of X-rays generated by a source that was luminous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Maïca Clavel , R. Terrier , A. Goldwurm , M. R. Morris , G. Ponti , S. Soldi , G. Trap

We have performed monitoring observations of the 3-mm flux density toward the Galactic Center compact radio source Sgr A* with the Australia Telescope Compact Array since 2005 October. Careful calibrations of both elevation-dependent and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-07-22 Juan Li , Zhi-Qiang Shen , Atsushi Miyazaki , Lei Huang , R. J. Sault , Makoto Miyoshi , Masato Tsuboi , Takahiro Tsutsumi

We present a comprehensive data description for Ks-band measurements of Sgr A*. We characterize the statistical properties of the variability of Sgr A* in the near-infrared, which we find to be consistent with a single-state process forming…

We performed the observation of the flux densities of SgrA* at 90 and 102GHz in order to detect the time lag between these frequencies using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array, which was previously reported at lower frequencies. We detected a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Atsushi Miyazaki , Masato Tsuboi , Takahiro Tsutsumi

We present the first systematic analysis of the X-ray variability of Sgr A* during the Chandra X-ray Observatory's 2012 Sgr A* X-ray Visionary Project (XVP). With 38 High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) observations spaced…

Context: We report new polarization measurements of the variable near-infrared emission of the SgrA* counterpart associated with the massive 3--4 10^6 solar masses Black Hole at the Galactic Center. Aims: We investigate the physical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Eckart , R. Schoedel , L. Meyer , S. Trippe , T. Ott , R. Genzel

We performed the observation of the flux densities of Sgr A* at 90 and 102 GHz on 6 April 2005 using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array in order to detect the time lag between these frequencies. We constructed light curves covering a few hour…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Atsushi Miyazaki , Masato Tsuboi , Takahiro Tsutsumi

Sgr A* is considered to be a massive black hole at the Galactic center and is known to be variable in radio, millimeter, near-IR and X-rays. Recent multi-wavelength observing campaigns show a simultaneous X-ray and near-IR flare, as well as…

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

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…

Continuously time variable sources are often characterized by their power spectral density and flux distribution. These quantities can undergo dramatic changes over time if the underlying physical processes change. However, some changes can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 L. Meyer , G. Witzel , F. A. Longstaff , A. M. Ghez

In this paper we shed light on late time (i.e. with peak time t_{pk} \gtrsim 1000 s) flaring activity. We address the morphology and energetic of flares in the window \sim 10^3-10^6 s to put constraints on the temporal evolution of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 M. G. Bernardini , R. Margutti , G. Chincarini , C. Guidorzi , J. Mao

We summarize recent observations and modeling of the brightest Sgr A* flare to be observed simultaneously in (near)-infrared and X-rays to date. Trying to explain the spectral characteristics of this flare through inverse Compton mechanisms…

We present the results of a series of radio, optical, X-ray and gamma-ray observations of the BL Lac object S50716+714 carried out between April 2007 and January 2011. The multi-frequency observations were obtained using several ground and…

A large radio outburst from Sgr A* was observed during the VLA weekly monitoring program at 2 cm, 1.3 cm and 7 mm, nearly coincident with the brightest X-ray flare detected to date with the XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory on 2002-10-03. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jun-Hui Zhao , R. M. Herrnstein , G. C. Bower , W. M. Goss , S. M. Liu

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

We conducted a multi-frequency campaign for the TeV blazar Mrk~421 in 1998 April. The campaign started from a pronounced high amplitude flare recorded by SAX and Whipple; ASCA observation started three days later. In the X-ray data, we…

Blazars are known to emit a broad band emission from radio to gamma-rays with rapid time variations, particularly, in X- and gamma-rays. Synchrotron radiation and inverse Compton scattering are thought to play an important role in emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Kusunose , F. Takahara , H. Li

We study the duration and variability of late time X-ray flares following gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed by the narrow field X-ray telescope (XRT) aboard the {\it Swift} spacecraft. These flares are thought to be indicative of late time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniel Kocevski , Nathaniel Butler , Joshua S. Bloom