English
Related papers

Related papers: Simultaneous X-ray and Infrared Observations of Sa…

200 papers

We present radio continuum light curves of the magnetar SGR J1745$-$2900 and Sgr A* obtained with multi-frequency, multi-epoch Very Large Array observations between 2012 and 2014. During this period, a powerful X-ray outburst from SGR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-07 F. Yusef-Zadeh , R. Diesing , M. Wardle , L. O. Sjouwerman , M. Royster , W. D. Cotton , D. Roberts , C. Heinke

Gamma-ray burst X-ray flares are believed to mark the late time activity of the central engine. We compute the temporal evolution of the average flare luminosity $< L >$ in the common rest frame energy band of 44 GRBs taken from the large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 R. Margutti , G. Bernardini , R. Barniol Duran , C. Guidorzi , R. F. Shen , G. Chincarini

We present first results of JWST Cycle 1 and 2 observations of Sgr A* using NIRCam taken simultaneously at 2.1 and 4.8 micron for a total of ~48 hours over seven different epochs in 2023 and 2024. We find correlated variability at 2.1 and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-09 F. Yusef-Zadeh , H. Bushouse , R. G. Arendt , M. Wardle , J. M. Michail , C. J. Chandler

We report simultaneous X-ray and infrared (IR) observations of the Galactic microquasar GRS1915+105 using XTE and the Palomar 200-inch telescope on August 13-15, 1997 UTC. During the last two nights, the microquasar GRS 1915+105 exhibited…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. S. Eikenberry , K. Matthews , E. H. Morgan , R. A. Remillard , R. W. Nelson

We present the longest, by a factor of two, near-infrared lightcurve from Sgr A* - the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center. Achieved by combining Keck and VLT data from one common night, which fortuitously had simultaneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Meyer , T. Do , A. Ghez , M. R. Morris , G. Witzel , A. Eckart , G. Belanger , R. Schoedel

The largest group of sources identified by EGRET are Blazars. This sub-class of AGN is well known to vary in flux in all energy bands on time-scales ranging from a few minutes (in the optical and X-ray bands) up to decades (radio and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Stefan J. Wagner , Corinna von Montigny , Martin Herter

Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the supermassive black hole residing at the center of the Milky Way. It has been the main target of an extensive multiwavelength campaign we carried out in April 2007. Herein, we report the detection of a bright…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 G. Trap , A. Goldwurm , R. Terrier , K. Dodds-Eden , S. Gillessen , R. Genzel , E. Pantin , P. O. Lagage , P. Ferrando , G. Belanger , D. Porquet , N. Grosso , F. Yusef-Zadeh , F. Melia

X-ray flares, lasting for $\sim 100 - 1000$ s in the X-ray band, are often observed following gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The physical origin of X-ray flares is still unknown merely with the temporal/spectral information. On the other hand,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 Jin-Jun Geng , Yong-Feng Huang , Xue-Feng Wu , Li-Ming Song , Hong-Shi Zong

We explore the variability properties of long, high cadence GRMHD simulations across the electromagnetic spectrum using an efficient, GPU-based radiative transfer algorithm. We focus on both disk- and jet-dominated simulations with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-21 Chi-kwan Chan , Dimitrios Psaltis , Feryal Ozel , Lia Medeiros , Daniel Marrone , Aleksander Sadowski , Ramesh Narayan

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

The Galactic magnetar SGR1935+2154 has been reported to produce the first known example of a bright millisecond duration radio burst (FRB 200428) similar to the cosmological population of fast radio bursts (FRBs), bolstering the association…

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…

We report on new modeling results based on the mm- to X-ray emission of the SgrA* counterpart associated with the massive black hole at the Galactic Center. Our modeling is based on simultaneous observations carried out on 07 July, 2004,…

Using a combination of general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics simulations and ray tracing of synchrotron emission, we study the effect of modest (24 degrees) misalignment between the black hole spin and plasma angular momentum, focusing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Christopher J. White , Eliot Quataert

Large-amplitude Sgr A* near-infrared flares result from energy injection into electrons near the black hole event horizon. Astrometry data show continuous rotation of the emission region during bright flares, and corresponding rotation of…

We study variability through simultaneous optical and X-ray observations for the first time in a statistical sample of 256 M dwarfs. Such observations are required to constrain the flare frequency and energetics and to understand the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-07 W. M. Joseph , B. Stelzer , E. Magaudda , T. Vičánek Martínez

In an intensive observational campaign in the 9 month duration of Chandra X-ray Visionary Project that was conducted in the year 2012, 39 large X-ray flares of Sgr A* were recorded. An analysis of the times of the observed flares reveals…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-03 Elia M. Leibowitz

We report results from a systematic search for X-ray flares from Mrk 421, using archival data from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. The flares are clearly seen over a wide range of timescales. The quasi-continuous coverage…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wei Cui

We discuss the results of the monitoring programs of the X-ray binaries with relativistic jets studies. We carried out a multi-frequency (1-30 GHz) daily monitoring of the radio flux variability of the microquasars SS433, GRS1915+105, V4641…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. A. Trushkin , N. N. Bursov , N. A. Nizhelskij , E. K. Majorova , P. A. Voitsik

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