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Sgr A* 的无线电和毫米波监测:频谱、可变性和对G2遭遇的限制

Radio and Millimeter Monitoring of Sgr A*: Spectrum, Variability, and Constraints on the G2 Encounter

Geoffrey C. Bower, Sera Markoff, Jason Dexter, Mark A. Gurwell, James M. Moran, Andreas Brunthaler, Heino Falcke, P. Chris Fragile, Dipankar Maitra, Dan Marrone… 展开作者

Geoffrey C. Bower, Sera Markoff, Jason Dexter, Mark A. Gurwell, James M. Moran, Andreas Brunthaler, Heino Falcke, P. Chris Fragile, Dipankar Maitra, Dan Marrone, Alison Peck, Anthony Rushton, Melvyn C. H. Wright

摘要:

我们报告了新的观测与甚大阵列,阿塔卡马大毫米阵列,亚毫米阵列的频率从1.0到355 GHz的银河系中心黑洞,人马座A*。这些观察在2012年10月至2014年11月期间进行。虽然我们看到整个光谱的变化,在毫米波长处的振幅高达2倍,但我们没有发现Sgr A* 的平均通量密度或光谱变化的证据,这可以归因于与G2源的相互作用。在低频率下没有弓形激波与G2的横截面积小于$2 \times 10^{29}$ cm $^2$是一致的。这一结果符合几个模型的预测,包括一个磁逮捕云,压力限制恒星风,恒星光球的二进制合并。没有证据表明增强吸积到黑洞驱动更大的射流和/或吸积流排放。最后,我们测量Sgr A* 的毫米波长光谱指数是平坦的;结合以前的测量,这表明在230和690 GHz之间没有光谱中断。因此,发射区可能在这些频率下处于光学厚和薄之间的过渡,并且需要具有与分层一致的不同温度的轻子分布的混合。

英文摘要:

We report new observations with the Very Large Array, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, and Submillimeter Array at frequencies from 1.0 to 355 GHz of the Galactic Center black hole, Sagittarius A*. These observations were conducted between October 2012 and November 2014. While we see variability over the whole spectrum with an amplitude as large as a factor of 2 at millimeter wavelengths, we find no evidence for a change in the mean flux density or spectrum of Sgr A* that can be attributed to interaction with the G2 source. The absence of a bow shock at low frequencies is consistent with a cross-sectional area for G2 that is less than $2 \times 10^{29}$ cm$^2$. This result fits with several model predictions including a magnetically arrested cloud, a pressure-confined stellar wind, and a stellar photosphere of a binary merger. There is no evidence for enhanced accretion onto the black hole driving greater jet and/or accretion flow emission. Finally, we measure the millimeter wavelength spectral index of Sgr A* to be flat; combined with previous measurements, this suggests that there is no spectral break between 230 and 690 GHz. The emission region is thus likely in a transition between optically thick and thin at these frequencies and requires a mix of lepton distributions with varying temperatures consistent with stratification.

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