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人马座A* 的耀斑和变率:同时多波长观测的五个夜晚

Flares and variability from Sagittarius A*: five nights of simultaneous multi-wavelength observations

X. Haubois, K. Dodds-Eden, A. Weiss, T. Paumard, G. Perrin, Y. Clénet, S. Gillessen, P. Kervella, F. Eisenhauer, R. Genzel, D. Rouan

摘要:

目标。我们报告同步观测和建模的中红外(MIR),近红外(NIR),和亚毫米(submm)的源Sgr A* 与我们的银河系中心的超大质量黑洞发射。我们的目标是在不同波长下监测Sgr A* 的活性,以限制发射过程并深入了解Sgr A* 的封闭环境的性质。方法. 2007年7月的几个晚上,我们使用了MIR仪器VISIR(突发成像模式)、自适应光学辅助NIR相机NACO和亚毫米天线APEX来监测Sgr A*。结果观测结果显示,在五个夜晚的观测期间,近红外和亚毫米波段的变化非常显著。在MIR中没有检测到源,但我们推导出耀斑的最低上限为8.59微米(22.4 mJy,A_8.59mu = 1.6+/- 0.5)。这种观测约束使我们放弃了所观察到的近红外发射来自一个热组件发射在亚毫米频率。此外,亚毫米和近红外变化的比较表明,最高的近红外通量(耀斑)是符合我们的五个晚上的活动,涉及三个耀斑的最低亚毫米水平。我们解释这种行为的电子损失的系统和/或减少磁场,可以想象的情况下,涉及快速外流和/或磁重联。

英文摘要:

Aims. We report on simultaneous observations and modeling of mid-infrared (MIR), near-infrared (NIR), and submillimeter (submm) emission of the source Sgr A* associated with the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy. Our goal was to monitor the activity of Sgr A* at different wavelengths in order to constrain the emitting processes and gain insight into the nature of the close environment of Sgr A*. Methods. We used the MIR instrument VISIR in the BURST imaging mode, the adaptive optics assisted NIR camera NACO, and the sub-mm antenna APEX to monitor Sgr A* over several nights in July 2007. Results. The observations reveal remarkable variability in the NIR and sub-mm during the five nights of observation. No source was detected in the MIR, but we derived the lowest upper limit for a flare at 8.59 microns (22.4 mJy with A_8.59mu = 1.6+/- 0.5). This observational constraint makes us discard the observed NIR emission as coming from a thermal component emitting at sub-mm frequencies. Moreover, comparison of the sub-mm and NIR variability shows that the highest NIR fluxes (flares) are coincident with the lowest sub-mm levels of our five-night campaign involving three flares. We explain this behavior by a loss of electrons to the system and/or by a decrease in the magnetic field, as might conceivably occur in scenarios involving fast outflows and/or magnetic reconnection.

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