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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

The observation of eclipses during X-rays flares taking place in active cool stars binaries allows us to calculate the position and size of the flares. This information cannot be derived by analyzing the decay of the flares, a frequently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Sanz-Forcada , F. Favata , G. Micela

We investigate radiatively inefficient accretion flow models for Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole in our Galactic Center, in light of new observational constraints. Confirmation of linear polarization in the submm emission argues for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Feng Yuan , Eliot Quataert , Ramesh Narayan

Latest observational data provides evidence that the emissions from Sgr A* originate from an accretion disc within ten gravitational radii of the dynamical centre of Milky Way. We investigate the physical processes responsible for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-08 E. M. Howard

We examine 1D two-temperature accretion flows around a supermassive black hole, adopting the specific angular momentum \lambda, the total specific energy \epsilon and the input accretion rate \dot M_{input} = 4.0x10^{-6} solar mass/yr…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Toru Okuda

In recent years the case for the presence of 3-4 10^6 M_sun black hole in our Galactic Center has gained strength from results of stellar dynamics observations and from the detection of several rapid X-ray and IR flares observed in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Cadez , M. Calvani , A. Gomboc , U. Kostic

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration produced the first image of the apparent shadow of the central black hole of Sagittarius\,A$^*$ (\sgra). \sgra source structure varies significantly on timescales shorter than the duration of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-26 Braden J. Marazzo-Nowicki , Paul Tiede , Dominic O. Chang , Daniel C. M. Palumbo , Michael D. Johnson

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

By performing two-dimensional axisymmetric general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulations with spin parameter $a^*$ varying from -0.9 to 0.9, we investigate the dependence on the black hole spin of the energy flow from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Aoto Utsumi , Ken Ohsuga , Hiroyuki R. Takahashi , Yuta Asahina

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 central black hole Sgr A* exhibits outbursts of radiation in the near infrared (so-called IR flares). One model of these events consists in a hotspot orbiting on the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of the hole. These…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 F. H. Vincent , T. Paumard , G. Perrin , L. Mugnier , F. Eisenhauer , S. Gillessen

The X-ray and radio flares observed in X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei (AGN) are attributed to energetic electrons in the plasma ejecta from the accretion flows near the black hole in these systems. It is argued that magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-28 Ziri Younsi , Kinwah Wu

In the last several years, a number of observing campaigns of the massive black hole Sgr A* has been carried out in order to address two important issues: one concerns the underluminous nature of Sgr A* with its bolometric luminosity being…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Yusef-Zadeh , M. Wardle

X-ray flares have been discovered in black hole systems, such as gamma-ray bursts, the tidal disruption event Swift J1644+57, the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A$^*$ at the center of our Galaxy, and some active galactic nuclei. Their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 F. Y. Wang , Z. G. Dai , S. X. Yi , S. Q. Xi

A compact gas cloud G2 is predicted to reach the pericenter of its orbit around the super massive black hole (SMBH) of our galaxy, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). This event will give us a rare opportunity to observe the interaction between SMBH…

The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Galaxy flares at least daily in the infrared (IR) and X-ray bands, yet the process driving these flares is still unknown. So far detailed analysis has only been performed on a few bright…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-29 Salome Dibi , Sera Markoff , Renaud Belmont , Julien Malzac , Joey Neilsen , Gunther Witzel

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,…

Sgr A* is a source of strongly variable emission in several energy bands. It is generally agreed that this emission comes from the material surrounding the black hole which is either falling in or flowing out. The activity must be driven by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-20 B. Czerny , M. Moscibrodzka , D. Proga , T. Das , A. Siemiginowska

Solar coronal mass ejections are the most energetic events in the Solar System. In their standard formation model, a magnetic flux rope builds up into a coronal mass ejection through magnetic reconnection that continually converts…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-08 Tingyu Gou , Rui Liu , Astrid M. Veronig , Bin Zhuang , Ting Li , Wensi Wang , Mengjiao Xu , Yuming Wang

The strong tidal force in a supermassive black hole's (SMBH) vicinity, coupled with a higher stellar density at the center of a galaxy, make it an ideal location to study the interaction between stars and black holes. Two stars moving near…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-17 Betty X. Hu , Avi Loeb