11 papers
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…
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…
A Therapy Session with Sgr A*
Mayura Balakrishnan, Robert Frazier, Joseph Michail
The nature of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) has been the subject of intense study and debate for over half a century. Herein, we present the first successful interview with an astrophysi…
Simultaneous JWST, NuSTAR, and VLA Monitoring of Sgr A*: A Unified Picture of the Variable IR, X-ray and Radio Emission
F. Yusef-Zadeh, M. Wardle, R. G. Arendt +5
Flux variability is a fundamental channel of information from Sgr A* because of its direct probe of processes occurring within an accretion disk under strong gravity. We present si…