Confirmation and Analysis of Circular Polarization from Sagittarius A*

1999/10/31 by R. J. Sault, R. J Sault, J. -P. Macquart +1 · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/312378

published as Astrophys.J.526:L85-L88,1999 · 14 pages, to appear in Astrophysical Journal Letters

openalex publication_date 1999/12/01 · arxiv created 2006/12/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Recently, Bower, Falcke, & Backer reported the detection of circular polarization from the Galactic center black hole candidate Sagittarius A*. We provide an independent confirmation of this detection and some analysis on the possible mechanisms.

Citations

• The Linear Polarization of Sagittarius A*. I. VLA Spectropolarimetry at 4.8 and 8.4 GHz

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