Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

The Galactic Center as a laboratory for theories of gravity and dark matter

M De Laurentis, I De Martino… - Reports on Progress in …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Galactic Center (GC) of the Milky Way, thanks to its proximity, allows to perform
astronomical observations that investigate physical phenomena at the edge of astrophysics …

An upper limit on the spin of SgrA* based on stellar orbits in its vicinity

G Fragione, A Loeb - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The spin of the massive black hole (BH) at the center of the Milky Way, SgrA*, has been
poorly constrained so far. We place an upper limit on the spin of SgrA* based on the spatial …

Hinting a dark matter nature of Sgr A* via the S-stars

EA Becerra-Vergara, CR Argüelles… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The motion data of the S-stars around the Galactic Centre gathered in the last 28 yr imply
that Sgr A* hosts a supermassive compact object of about, a result awarded with the Nobel …

Observation of S4716—a Star with a 4 yr Orbit around Sgr A

F Peißker, A Eckart, M Zajaček… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The ongoing monitoring of the Galactic center and Sgr A*, the central supermassive black
hole, produces surprising and unexpected findings. This goes hand in hand with the …

Stellar transits across a magnetized accretion torus as a mechanism for plasmoid ejection

P Suková, M Zajaček, V Witzany… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The close neighborhood of a supermassive black hole contains not only the accreting gas
and dust but also stellar-sized objects, such as late-type and early-type stars and compact …

Exploring dark matter spike distribution around the Galactic centre with stellar orbits

ZQ Shen, GW Yuan, CZ Jiang, YLS Tsai… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Precise measurements of the stellar orbits around Sagittarius A* have established the
existence of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the Galactic centre (GC). Due to the …

Implication of spin constraints by the Event Horizon Telescope on stellar orbits in the Galactic Center

G Fragione, A Loeb - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The center of the Milky Way hosts the closest supermassive black hole, Sgr A*. Decades of
near-infrared observations of our Galactic Center have shown the presence of a small …

Unveiling the nature of SgrA* with the geodesic motion of S-stars

R Della Monica, I de Martino - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite the huge improvements guaranteed by future GRAVITY observations of the S0-2
star, these will not be able to unveil the fundamental nature, whether black hole or …

Estimating the parameters of extended gravity theories with the Schwarzschild precession of S2 star

D Borka, V Borka Jovanović, S Capozziello… - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
After giving a short overview of previous results on constraining of Extended Gravity by
stellar orbits, we discuss the Schwarzschild orbital precession of S2 star assuming the …