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Understanding the origin of the flaring activity from the Galactic center supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, is a major scientific goal of the NuSTAR Galactic plane survey campaign. We report on the data obtained between July 2012 and…

Daily X-ray flaring represents an enigmatic phenomenon of Sgr A$^{\star}$ --- the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy. We report initial results from a systematic X-ray study of this phenomenon, based on extensive {\it…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-29 Qiang Yuan , Q. Daniel Wang

We summarize basic observational results on Sagittarius~A* obtained from the radio, infrared and X-ray domain. Infrared observations have revealed that a dusty S-cluster object (DSO/G2) passes by SgrA*, the central super-massive black hole…

Starting in 2012, we began an unprecedented observational program focused on the supermassive black hole in the center of our Galaxy, Sgr A*, utilizing the High Energy Transmission Gratings Spectrometer (HETGS) instrument on the Chandra…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 M. A. Nowak , J. Neilsen , S. B. Markoff , F. K. Baganoff , D. Porquet , N. Grosso , Y. Levin , J. Houck , A. Eckart , H. Falcke , L. Ji , J. M. Miller , Q. D. Wang

The Galactic Center black hole Sgr A* shows significant variability and flares in the submillimeter, infrared, and X-ray wavelengths. Owing to its exquisite resolution in the IR bands, the GRAVITY experiment for the first time spatially…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-18 David Ball , Feryal Özel , Pierre Christian , Chi-Kwan Chan , Dimitrios Psaltis

We report the first detection of the Galactic Centre massive black hole, Sgr~A*, in the far infrared. Our measurements were obtained with PACS on board the \emph{Herschel} satellite at $100~\mathrm{\mu m}$ and $160~\mathrm{\mu m}$. While…

The gas cloud G2 falling toward Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, is supposed to provide valuable information on the physics of accretion flows and the environment of the black hole. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-22 J. -H. Park , S. Trippe , T. P. Krichbaum , J. -Y. Kim , M. Kino , A. Bertarini , M. Bremer , P. de Vicente

Stellar dynamics indicate the presence of a super massive 3-4x10^6 Msun solm black hole at the Galactic Center. It is associated with the variable radio, near-infrared, and X-ray counterpart Sagittarius A* (SgrA*). The goal is the…

At the center of the Milky Way, with a distance of ~8 kpc, the compact source Sagittarius A* (SgrA*) can be associated with a super massive black hole of ~4x10^6 solar masses. SgrA* shows strong variability from the radio to the X-ray…

Our central Galactic supermassive black hole, Sgr A*, exists mostly in a very stable, extremely low-luminosity (~10^{-9} L_Edd), thermal quiescent state, which is interrupted roughly daily by a brief, nonthermal X-ray flare. Because they…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sera Markoff

In recent years, near-IR and X-ray flares have been detected from the Galaxy's central radio point source, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), believed to be a \~3.10^6 solar masses supermassive black hole. In some cases, the transient emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michel Tagger , Fulvio Melia

We have performed the monitoring observations of flux density of Sagittarius A* at short millimeter wavelengths (100 and 140 GHz bands) on seven years in the period from 1996 to 2003 using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA). We found…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Atsushi Miyazaki , Takahiro Tsutsumi , Masato Tsuboi

We report on 85-101 GHz light curves of the Galactic Center supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), observed in April 2017 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This study of high-cadence full-Stokes data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-24 Maciek Wielgus , Sara Issaoun , Ivan Marti-Vidal , Razieh Emami , Monika Moscibrodzka , Christiaan D. Brinkerink , Ciriaco Goddi , Ed Fomalont

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

High-resolution near infrared observations with GRAVITY instrument have revealed rapid orbital motions of a hot spot around Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole in our Galactic center, during its three bright flares. The projected distances…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-01 Xi Lin , Ya-Ping Li , Feng Yuan

Studies of the inner few parsecs at the Galactic Centre provide evidence of a supermassive black hole, associated with the unusual, variable radio and infrared source Sgr A*. Our major aim is the study and analysis of the physical processes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-03 E. M. Howard

Near-IR and X-ray flares have been detected from the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the center of our Galaxy with a (quasi)-period of ~17-20 minutes, suggesting an emission region only a few Schwarzschild radii above the event horizon.…

Energetic flares are observed in the Galactic supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* from radio to X-ray wavelengths. On a few occasions, simultaneous flares have been detected in IR and X-ray observations, but clear counterparts at longer…

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

Variable emission from Sgr~A*, the luminous counterpart to the super-massive black hole at the center of our Galaxy, arises from the innermost portions of the accretion flow. Better characterization of the variability is important for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-06 Jordan M. Stone , D. P. Marrone , C. D. Dowell , B. Schulz , C. O. Heinke , F. Yusef-Zadeh