ECKART, Andreas, Arman TURSUNOV, M. ZAJACEK, M. PARSA, E. HOSSEINI, M. SUBROWEIT, F. PEISSKER, C. STRAUBMEIER, M. HORROBIN and Vladimír KARAS. Mass, Distance, Spin, Charge, and Orientation of the super massive black hole SgrA*. Online. In Accretion Processes in Cosmic Sources – II (APCS2018) - Accretion onto White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars & Black Holes. Trieste, Italy: Published by Sissa Medialab, 2020, p. 1-11. ISSN 1824-8039. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.342.0048.
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Original name Mass, Distance, Spin, Charge, and Orientation of the super massive black hole SgrA*
Authors ECKART, Andreas, Arman TURSUNOV (860 Uzbekistan, belonging to the institution), M. ZAJACEK, M. PARSA, E. HOSSEINI, M. SUBROWEIT, F. PEISSKER, C. STRAUBMEIER, M. HORROBIN and Vladimír KARAS (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Trieste, Italy, Accretion Processes in Cosmic Sources – II (APCS2018) - Accretion onto White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars & Black Holes, p. 1-11, 11 pp. 2020.
Publisher Published by Sissa Medialab
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 10308 Astronomy
Country of publisher Italy
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/47813059:19630/20:A0000102
Organization unit Institute of physics in Opava
ISSN 1824-8039
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.342.0048
Keywords in English SgrA*; GRAVITY interferometer
Tags , FÚ2020, RIV21
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Abstract
SgrA* at the center of the Milky Way is the supermassive black hole that is most suited for a determination of its fundamental properties. Here, we summarize the most recent results on mass and distance, spin, and charge, and put them into the context of representative revious measurements. The data which these results are based upon have mostly been taken with large infrared single telescopes, the ESO VLTI infrastructure combined with the GRAVITY interferometer, as well as the X-ray imaging using Chandra. One finds: R_SgrA*= 8.12+-0.03 kpc and M_SgrA*= (4.10+-0.03) x 10^6 solar masses, corresponding to relative uncertainties in these quantities of about 0.4% and 0.7%. Spin values above 0.5 are suggested but the model dependent determination is not yet very conclusive. Models suggest that the spin vector is orientated towards the East and inclined towards the observer at an appreciable angle. An observational upper limit of Q_SgrA* <= 3 x 10^8 C can be given for the charge.
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