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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

In 2019, Sgr A* - the supermassive black hole in the Galactic Center - underwent unprecedented flaring activity in the near infrared (NIR), brightening by up to a factor of 100 compared to quiescent values. Here we report ALMA observations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-13 Lena Murchikova , Gunther Witzel

We have observed a bright flare of Sgr A* in the near infrared with the adaptive optics assisted integral field spectrometer SINFON. Within the uncertainties, the observed spectrum is featureless and can be described by a power law. Our…

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…

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

Sagittarius A* exhibits daily energetic flares characterized by non-thermal emission in the infrared and X-ray bands. While the underlying accretion flow is a Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flow (RIAF) peaking at radio frequencies, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-04 Pau Amaro Seoane

We present a new way of describing the flares from Sgr A* with a self-consistent calculation of the particle distribution. All relevant radiative processes are taken into account in the evolution of the electron distribution and resulting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-15 Salome Dibi , Sera Markoff , Renaud Belmont , Julien Malzac , Nicolas M. Barriere , John A. Tomsick

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

The Galactic Center was observed at 8.6 mum in order to detect a mid-infrared (MIR) counterpart of Sgr A*, parallel to NIR observations. The goal was to set constraints on possible emission mechanisms.Imaging data were acquired with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Schoedel , A. Eckart , K. Muzic , L. Meyer , T. Viehmann , G. C. Bower

[truncated] In Spring 2007, we observed SgrA* with XMM with a total exposure of ~230ks. We have performed timing and spectral analysis of the new X-ray flares detected during this campaign. To study the range of flare spectral properties,…

The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) exhibits temporal and spectral variability across the electromagnetic spectrum. However, variability at radio frequencies below ~ 5 GHz for timescales shorter than a day remains largely…

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

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.…

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

The frequent flaring events in the X-ray and the NIR radiation of Sgr A* seem not to be periodic in time. However, statistical regularities, here termed "modulations by a pacemaker", are found in the recorded arrival times of both types of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-24 Elia Leibowitz

The Galaxy's supermassive black hole, Sgr A*, produces an outburst of infrared radiation about once every 6 hours, sometimes accompanied by an even more energetic flurry of X-rays. The NIR photons are produced by nonthermal synchrotron…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-26 Fulvio Melia , Maurizio Falanga , Andrea Goldwurm

(Abridged) Sgr A$^\star$ is the electromagnetic counterpart of the accreting supermassive black hole in the Galactic center. Its emission is variable in the near-infrared (NIR) and X-ray wavelengths on short timescales. The physical origin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-15 Maria Petropoulou , Gabriele Ponti , Giovanni Stel , Apostolos Mastichiadis

We present and analyze ALMA submillimeter observations from a multi-wavelength campaign of Sgr A* during 18 July 2019. In addition to the submillimeter, we utilize concurrent mid-IR (Spitzer) and X-ray (Chandra) observations. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 Joseph M. Michail , Mark Wardle , Farhad Yusef-Zadeh , Devaky Kunneriath

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

The supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), at the centre of the Milky Way undergoes regular flaring activity which is thought to arise from the innermost region of the accretion flow. We performed the monitoring observations of…