Polarimetry of near-infrared flares from Sagittarius A*

2006/07/31 by A. Eckart, R. Schödel, R. Schoedel +6 · 14 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Black hole (networking) #Context (archaeology) #Galactic Center #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Geology #Infrared #Milky Way #Optics #Physics #Polarimetry #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Sagittarius #Sagittarius A* #Scattering #Stars #Supermassive black hole #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20064948

published as Astron.Astrophys. 455 (2006) 1 · 19 pages, 14 figures; published in A&A

openalex publication_date 2006/07/31 · arxiv created 2006/10/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context.We report new polarization measurements of the variable near-infrared emission of the SgrA* counterpart associated with the massive 3– Black Hole at the Galactic Center.

Citations

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