The Galactic Center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster

R Genzel, F Eisenhauer, S Gillessen - Reviews of modern physics, 2010 - APS
The Galactic Center is an excellent laboratory for studying phenomena and physical
processes that may be occurring in many other galactic nuclei. The center of our Milky Way …

Stellar processes near the massive black hole in the Galactic center

T Alexander - Physics Reports, 2005 - Elsevier
A massive black hole resides in the center of most, perhaps all galaxies. The one in the
center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, provides a uniquely accessible laboratory for …

Nonthermal electrons in radiatively inefficient accretion flow models of Sagittarius A

F Yuan, E Quataert, R Narayan - The Astrophysical Journal, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

SINFONI in the galactic center: young stars and infrared flares in the central light-month

F Eisenhauer, R Genzel, T Alexander… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on 75 mas resolution, near-IR imaging spectroscopy within the central 30 lt-days
of the Galactic center, taken with the new adaptive optics–assisted integral-field …

Radiative models of Sgr A* from GRMHD simulations

M Mościbrodzka, CF Gammie, JC Dolence… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Using flow models based on axisymmetric general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics
simulations, we construct radiative models for Sgr A*. Spectral energy distributions (SEDs) …

A Chandra/HETGS census of X-ray variability from Sgr A* during 2012

J Neilsen, MA Nowak, C Gammie, J Dexter… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first systematic analysis of the X-ray variability of Sgr A* during the Chandra
X-ray Observatory's 2012 Sgr A* X-ray Visionary Project. With 38 High Energy Transmission …

Variable infrared emission from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

AM Ghez, SA Wright, K Matthews… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the detection of a variable point source, imaged at L′(3.8 μ m) with the Keck II 10
m telescope's adaptive optics system, that is coincident to within 18 mas (1 σ) of the Galaxy's …

Discovery of a superluminal Fe K echo at the galactic center: the glorious past of Sgr A* preserved by molecular clouds

G Ponti, R Terrier, A Goldwurm… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the result of a study of the X-ray emission from the galactic center (GC)
molecular clouds (MCs) within 15 arcmin from Sgr A*. We use XMM-Newton data (about 1.2 …

A powerful flare from Sgr A* confirms the synchrotron nature of the X-ray emission

G Ponti, E George, S Scaringi, S Zhang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present the first fully simultaneous fits to the near-infrared (NIR) and X-ray spectral slope
(and its evolution) during a very bright flare from Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the …

Imaging optically-thin hotspots near the black hole horizon of Sgr A* at radio and near-infrared wavelengths

AE Broderick, A Loeb - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Submilliarcsecond astrometry and imaging of the black hole Sgr A* at the Galactic Centre
may become possible in the near future at infrared and submillimetre wavelengths …