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The source of emission from Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center, is still unknown. Flares and data from multiwavelength campaigns provide important clues about the nature of Sgr A* itself. Here we attempt to constrain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Dipankar Maitra , Sera Markoff , Heino Falcke

Advances in VLBI instrumentation now allow wideband recording that significantly increases the sensitivity of short wavelength VLBI observations. Observations of the super-massive black hole candidate at the center of the Milky Way, SgrA*,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Sheperd S. Doeleman

In this article we summarise and discuss the infrared, radio, and X-ray emission from the supermassive black hole in the Galactic Centre, SgrA*. We include new results from near-infrared polarimetric imaging observations obtained on May…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Trippe , T. Paumard , T. Ott , S. Gillessen , F. Eisenhauer , F. Martins , R. Genzel

Sgr A* is probably the supermassive black hole being investigated most extensively due to its proximity. Several theoretical models for its steady state emission have been proposed in the past two decades. Both the radiative-inefficient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Ya-Ping Li , Feng Yuan , Q. Daniel Wang

We report on the submillimeter properties of Sagittarius A* derived from observations with the Submillimeter Array and its polarimeter. We find that the spectrum of Sgr A* between 230 and 690 GHz is slightly decreasing when measured…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Daniel P. Marrone , James M. Moran , Jun-Hui Zhao , Ramprasad Rao

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

We report the discovery of variability in the linear polarization from the Galactic Center black hole source, Sagittarius A*. New polarimetry obtained with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array at a wavelength of 1.3 mm shows a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Geoffrey C. Bower , Heino Falcke , Melvyn C. H. Wright , Donald C. Backer

The Galactic center black hole candidate Sgr A* is the best target for studies of low-luminosity accretion physics, including with near-infrared and submillimeter wavelength long baseline interferometry experiments. Here we compare images…

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

The compact dark objects with very large masses residing at the centres of galaxies are believed to be black holes. Due to the gravitational lensing effect, they would cast a shadow larger than their horizon size over the background, whose…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Lei Huang , Mike Cai , Zhi-Qiang Shen , Feng Yuan

We report on recent near-infrared (NIR) and X-ray observations of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the electromagnetic manifestation of the ~4x10^6 solar masses super-massive black hole (SMBH) at the Galactic Center. The goal of these coordinated…

The compact radio source Sgr\,A*, associated with the super massive black hole at the center of the Galaxy, has been studied with VLBA observations at 3 frequencies (22, 43, 86\,GHz) performed on 10 consecutive days in May 2007. The total…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 R. -S. Lu , T. P. Krichbaum , A. Eckart , S. König , D. ~Kunneriath , G. Witzel , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

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…

Timing a pulsar orbiting around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) can provide us with a unique opportunity of testing gravity theories. We investigate the detectability of a vector charge carried by the Sgr A* black hole (BH) in the bumblebee gravity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-01 Zexin Hu , Lijing Shao , Rui Xu , Dicong Liang , Zhan-Feng Mai

Context. The properties of the accretion flow surrounding the supermassive central black hole of the Galaxy, Sgr A*, will be scrutinized by the new-generation instrument GRAVITY and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Developing fast,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-17 F. H. Vincent , M. A. Abramowicz , A. A. Zdziarski , M. Wielgus , T. Paumard , G. Perrin , O. Straub

It has been suggested that there is possibly a class of stellar-mass black holes (BHs) residing near (distance $\le 10^3 M$) the galactic center massive black hole, Sgr A*. Possible formation scenarios include the mass segregation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-20 Shammi Tahura , Zhen Pan , Huan Yang

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

Imaging the vicinity of black hole is one of the ultimate goals of VLBI astronomy. The closest massive black hole, SgrA*, located at Galactic center is the leading candidate for such observations. Combined with recent VLBI recording…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Miyoshi

Studying the orbital motion of stars around Sagittarius A* in the Galactic Center provides a unique opportunity to probe the gravitational potential near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Galaxy. Interferometric data obtained…