11 papers
Interacting stellar winds feeding Sgr A*: from the system of mass-losing stars to the binary IRS 16SW
Diego Calderón, Jorge Cuadra, Christopher M. P. Russell +3
The discovery of cold structures around Sgr A* has challenged our understanding of the gas dynamics and thermodynamic state of the plasma in its vicinity. This work aims to constra…
Ionization Structure and Metal Enrichment of the Galactic Center Minispiral Observed with JWST
Nicole M Ford, Mayura Balakrishnan, Sebastiano D. von Fellenberg +11
Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the nearest quiescent supermassive black hole, and its proximity offers a unique opportunity to study its surrounding fuel supply. We leverage extensive…
Infrared Line Diagnostics Fail to Constrain Sgr A*'s UV Output
Mayura Balakrishnan, Sebastiano D. von Fellenberg, Daryl Haggard +11
Sgr A*, the 4 x supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center, exhibits frequent flaring with X-ray luminosities of erg s, while i…
The Demographics of Sagittarius A* X-ray Flares over 25 Years with Chandra
Zach Sumners, Nicole M. Ford, Daryl Haggard +10
We present the Chandra 25-year Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) X-ray flare catalog: a systematic analysis of 6.8 Ms of Sgr A* monitoring spanning the Chandra X-ray Observatory's mission li…
Isolating Sgr A East: The First Uncontaminated X-ray Maps of a Galactic Center Supernova Remnant
Mayura Balakrishnan, Adrien Picquenot, Lia Corales +3
The central few parsecs of the Milky Way host a complex X-ray-emitting environment in which several extended plasma components are blended along the line of sight, complicating att…
Detection and Evolution of Linear Polarization of the Galactic Center Transient MAXI J1744-294
Joseph M. Michail, Sebastiano D. von Fellenberg, Mayura Balakrishnan +14
MAXI J1744294, likely a low-mass X-ray binary system, is a Galactic-center transient source, detected at radio and X-ray wavelengths, located approximately southeast of S…