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2020
Mass, Distance, Spin, Charge, and Orientation of the super massive black hole SgrA*
ECKART, Andreas, Arman TURSUNOV, M. ZAJACEK, M. PARSA, E. HOSSEINI et. al.Basic information
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
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
10308 Astronomy
Country of publisher
Italy
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
electronic version available online
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RIV identification code
RIV/47813059:19630/20:A0000102
Organization unit
Institute of physics in Opava
ISSN
Keywords in English
SgrA*; GRAVITY interferometer
Změněno: 20/4/2021 01:05, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková
Abstract
V originále
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.