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Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the variable radio, near-infrared (NIR), and X-ray source associated with accretion onto the Galactic center black hole. We present an analysis of the most comprehensive NIR variability dataset of Sgr A* to date:…

Multiwavelength flares from tidal disruption and accretion of stars can be used to find and study otherwise dormant massive black holes in galactic nuclei. Previous well-monitored candidate flares are short-lived, with most emission…

Abridged. We observed the 40 Myr old star DS Tuc A with XMM-Newton and recorded two X-ray bright flares, with the second event occurring about 12 ks after the first one. Their duration from the rise to the end of the decay was of about 8-10…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 I. Pillitteri , C. Argiroffi , A. Maggio , G. Micela , S. Benatti , F. Reale , S. Colombo , S. J. Wolk

NGC 247 is a nearby late-type bulgeless spiral galaxy that contains an inactive nucleus. We report a serendipitous discovery of an X-ray flare from the galaxy center with a luminosity up to 2*10^39 erg/s in the 0.3-10 keV band with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-15 Hua Feng , Luis C. Ho , Philip Kaaret , Lian Tao , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Shuo Zhang , Fabien Grisé

The near-infrared emission from the black hole at the Galactic center (Sgr A*) has unique properties. The most striking feature is a suggestive periodic sub-structure that has been observed in a couple of flares so far. Using near-infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Meyer , R. Schoedel , A. Eckart , W. J. Duschl , V. Karas , M. Dovciak

Soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) are a rare type of gamma-ray transient sources that are ocasionally detected as bursts in the high-energy sky. They are thought to be produced by magnetars, young neutron stars with very strong magnetic…

We present the results of a 3.3-year project to monitor the flux density of Sagittarius A* at 2.0, 1.3, and 0.7 cm with the VLA. The fully calibrated light curves for Sgr A* at all three wavelengths are presented. Typical errors in the flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. M. Herrnstein , J. -H. Zhao , G. C. Bower , W. M. Goss

(abridged) We describe highlights of the results of two observing campaigns in 2004 to investigate the correlation of flare activity in Sgr A* in different wavelength regimes, using a total of nine ground and space-based telescopes. We…

A large radio outburst from Sgr A* was observed during the VLA weekly monitoring program at 2 cm, 1.3 cm and 7 mm, nearly coincident with the brightest X-ray flare detected to date with the XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory on 2002-10-03. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jun-Hui Zhao , R. M. Herrnstein , G. C. Bower , W. M. Goss , S. M. Liu

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

Soft-gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) are galactic X-ray stars that emit numerous short-duration (about 0.1 s) bursts of hard X-rays during sporadic active periods. They are thought to be magnetars: strongly magnetized neutron stars with…

We report on the polarized light curves of the Galactic Center supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, obtained at millimeter wavelength with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The observations took place as a part of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-22 Maciek Wielgus , Monika Moscibrodzka , Jesse Vos , Zachary Gelles , Ivan Marti-Vidal , Joseph Farah , Nicola Marchili , Ciriaco Goddi , Hugo Messias

The centre of our galaxy hosts the nearest super-massive black hole to the solar system, identified to the compact radio source Sgr A*. High energy experiments have tried in the past to detect the X/gamma-ray emission expected from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Andrea Goldwurm

Observations of bright and variable "reflected" X-ray emission from molecular clouds located within inner hundred parsec of our Galaxy have demonstrated that the central supermassive black hole, Sgr A*, experienced short and powerful flares…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-18 E. Churazov , I. Khabibullin , R. Sunyaev , A. Vikhlinin , G. Ponti , C. Federrath , S. Walch

Context: The supermassive black hole at the Galactic center, SgrA*, shows frequent radiation outbursts, often called 'flares'. In the near-infrared some of these flares were reported as showing intrinsic quasi-periodicities. The flux peaks…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Meyer , R. Schoedel , A. Eckart , V. Karas , M. Dovciak , W. J. Duschl

We present a study of two X-ray bursters in the Galactic Center field with the ART-P telescope onboard GRANAT. During 1990-1992 approximately 100 X-ray bursts were detected from the Galactic Center field and most of them were identified…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Lutovinov , S. A. Grebenev , M. N. Pavlinsky , R. A. Sunyaev

High-resolution observations with GRAVITY-VLTI instrument have provided abundant information about the flares in Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole in our Galactic center, including the time-dependent location of the centroid (a "hot…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-28 Lin Xi , Yuan Feng

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 the analyses of intense X-ray flares detected on the active fast rotator AB Dor using observations from the XMM-Newton. A total of 21 flares are detected, and 13 flares are analysed in detail. The total X-ray energy of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-23 Shweta Didel , Jeewan C. Pandey , A. K. Srivastava , Gurpreet Singh

The X-ray and near-IR emission from Sgr A* is dominated by flaring, while a quiescent component dominates the emission at radio and sub-mm wavelengths. The spectral energy distribution of the quiescent emission from Sgr A* peaks at sub-mm…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 F. Yusef-Zadeh , M. Wardle , K. Dodds-Eden , C. O. Heinke , S. Gillessen , R. Genzel , H. Bushouse , N. Grosso , D. Porquet