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Sgr A的协调多波长观测 *

Coordinated multi-wavelength observations of Sgr A*

A. Eckart, R. Schoedel, F. K. Baganoff, M. Morris, T. Bertram, M. Dovciak, D. Downes, W. J. Duschl, V. Karas, S. Koenig, T. Krichbaum, M. Krips, D. Kunneriath, … 展开作者

A. Eckart, R. Schoedel, F. K. Baganoff, M. Morris, T. Bertram, M. Dovciak, D. Downes, W. J. Duschl, V. Karas, S. Koenig, T. Krichbaum, M. Krips, D. Kunneriath, R-S. Lu, S. Markoff, J. Mauerhan, L. Meyer, J. Moultaka, K. Muzic, F. Najarro, K. Schuster, L. Sjouwerman, C. Straubmeier, C. Thum, S. Vogel, H. Wiesemeyer, G. Witzel, M. Zamaninasab, A. Zensus

摘要:

我们报告了最近对人马座A*(Sgr A*)的近红外(NIR)和X射线观测,人马座A * 是银河系中心约4 × 10^6太阳质量的超大质量黑洞(SMBH)的电磁表现。这些协调的多波长观测的目标是调查从Sgr A* 的可变发射,以便更好地了解吸积流/流出的基本物理过程。观测是使用欧洲南方天文台甚大望远镜上的NACO自适应光学(AO)仪器(2005年7月,2007年5月)和钱德拉X射线天文台上的ACIS-I仪器(2005年7月)进行的。我们报告的偏振近红外耀斑同步的8x 1033 erg/s的X射线耀斑在2005年7月,并进一步耀斑在2007年5月,显示了最高的子耀斑到耀斑的对比度观察到现在。观测结果可以解释的框架内的一个模型,涉及一个临时磁盘与短喷流。在磁盘组件通量密度的变化可以解释由于相对论轨道上的热点围绕中央SMBH。2007年5月耀斑的子结构的变化被解释为由于磁盘内的差异旋转的热点结构的变化。

英文摘要:

We report on recent near-infrared (NIR) and X-ray observations of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the electromagnetic manifestation of the ~4x10^6 solar masses super-massive black hole (SMBH) at the Galactic Center. The goal of these coordinated multi-wavelength observations is to investigate the variable emission from Sgr A* in order to obtain a better understanding of the underlying physical processes in the accretion flow/outflow. The observations have been carried out using the NACO adaptive optics (AO) instrument at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (July 2005, May 2007) and the ACIS-I instrument aboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory (July 2005). We report on a polarized NIR flare synchronous to a 8x1033 erg/s X-ray flare in July 2005, and a further flare in May 2007 that shows the highest sub-flare to flare contrast observed until now. The observations can be interpreted in the framework of a model involving a temporary disk with a short jet. In the disk component flux density variations can be explained due to hot spots on relativistic orbits around the central SMBH. The variations of the sub-structures of the May 2007 flare are interpreted as a variation of the hot spot structure due to differential rotation within the disk.

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