Detecting Black Hole Occultations by Stars with Space Interferometric Telescopes
arXiv:2005.03042 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab9cbc
Abstract
We show that the occultation of Sagittarius A* by stars can be detected with space-based or space-ground very-long-baseline-interferometers (SVLBIs), with an expected event rate that is high due to relativistic precession. We compute the tell-tale signal of an occultation event, and describe methods to flag non-occultation events that can masquerade as the signal.
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