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most citedFirst Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way

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astro-ph.GA2026

Dynamics and geometry of the inner sub-parsec-scale jet in 3C 279 observed with the Event Horizon Telescope

Hendrik Mueller, Sebastiano D. von Fellenberg, Ai-Ling Zeng +275

The 2021 Event Horizon Telescope observations resolve the innermost jet region of the blazar 3C279 with unprecedented detail. The reconstructed images consistently reveal a compact…

astro-ph.GA2026

Full-polarization millimeter wavelength variability of Sagittarius A* during the 2018 EHT campaign

Ezequiel Albentosa-Ruiz, Jasmin E. Washington, Nicola Marchili +272

Sagittarius A* (Srg A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, provides a unique laboratory to study accretion dynamics and plasma processes near the event ho…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 8 cited

First polarization study of the M87 jet and active galactic nuclei at submillimeter wavelengths with ALMA

Ciriaco Goddi, Douglas F. Carlos

We present full-polarization observations at mm (345 GHz) conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) toward Messier 87 (M87) and seven other r…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 139 cited

Event Horizon Telescope observations of the jet launching and collimation in Centaurus A

Michael Janssen, Heino Falcke, Matthias Kadler +236

Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of active galactic nuclei at millimeter wavelengths have the power to reveal the launching and initial collimation region of e…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 111 cited

Polarimetric properties of Event Horizon Telescope targets from ALMA

Ciriaco Goddi, Ivan Marti-Vidal, Hugo Messias +31

We present the results from a full polarization study carried out with ALMA during the first VLBI campaign, which was conducted in Apr 2017 in the 3mm and 1.3mm bands, in con…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 19 cited

East Asian VLBI Network Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei Jets: Imaging with KaVA+Tianma+Nanshan

Yuzhu Cui, Kazuhiro Hada, Motoki Kino +74

The East Asian very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) Network (EAVN) is a rapidly evolving international VLBI array that is currently promoted under joint efforts among China, Ja…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.7k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present measurements of the properties of the central radio source in M87 using Event Horizon Telescope data obtained during the 2017 campaign. We develop and fit geometric cres…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.5k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has mapped the central compact radio source of the elliptical galaxy M87 at 1.3 mm with unprecedented angular resolution. Here we consider the phy…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.5k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present the first Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) images of M87, using observations from April 2017 at 1.3 mm wavelength. These images show a prominent ring with a diameter of ~40…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 884 cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. III. Data Processing and Calibration

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present the calibration and reduction of Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) 1.3mm radio wavelength observations of the supermassive black hole candidate at the center of the radio ga…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1 cited

Origin and Evolution of the Multi-band Variability in the Flat Spectrum Radio Source 4C 38.41

Juan Carlos Algaba, Sang Sung Lee, Bindu Rani +13

The flat spectrum radio quasar 4C 38.41 showed a significant increase of its radio flux density during the period 2012 March - 2015 August which correlates with gamma-ray flaring a…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 18 cited

Jet Kinematics of the Quasar 4C +21.35 from Observations with the KaVA Very Long Baseline Interferometry Array

Taeseok Lee, Sascha Trippe, Motoki Kino +39

We present the jet kinematics of the flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) 4C +21.35 using time-resolved KaVA very long baseline interferometry array radio maps obtained from September…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 103 cited

The Scattering and Intrinsic Structure of Sagittarius A* at Radio Wavelengths

Michael D. Johnson, Ramesh Narayan, Dimitrios Psaltis +12

Radio images of the Galactic Center supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), are dominated by interstellar scattering. Previous studies of Sgr A* have adopted an anisotrop…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 14 cited

Exploring the Nature of the 2016 γ-ray Emission in the Blazar 1749+096

Dae-Won Kim, Sascha Trippe, Sang-Sung Lee +9

Recent Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) light curves indicate an active -ray state spanning about five months from 2016 June to 2016 October in the BL Lac object 1749+096 (OT 08…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 24 cited

Long-term millimeter VLBI monitoring of M87 with KVN at milliarcsecond resolution: nuclear spectrum

Jae-Young Kim, Sang-Sung Lee, Jeffrey A. Hodgson +5

We study the centimeter- to millimeter-wavelength synchrotron spectrum of the core of the radio galaxy M87 at spatial scales using four years…

astro-ph.GA2017

The Millimeter-Radio Emission of BL Lacertae During Two gamma-ray Outbursts

Dae-Won Kim, Sascha Trippe, Sang-Sung Lee +13

We present a study of the inexplicit connection between radio jet activity and gamma-ray emission of BL Lacertae (BL Lac; 2200+420). We analyze the long-term millimeter activity of…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 1 cited

VLBI Monitoring of the Sub-parsec-scale Jet in the Radio Galaxy 3C 66B at 22 GHz

Hiroshi Sudou, Satoru Iguchi, Guang-Yao Zhao

We present measurements of proper motion of the sub-parsec scale jet at 22 GHz in the nearby FR I galaxy 3C 66B. Observations were made using the VLBA at six epochs over four years…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 33 cited

Interferometric Monitoring of Gamma-ray Bright AGNs I: Results of Single-epoch Multifrequency Observations

Sang-Sung Lee, Kyoaki Wajima, Juan-Carlos Algaba +12

We present results of single-epoch very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of gamma-ray bright active galactic nuclei (AGNs) using the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) at 22…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 6 cited

Warping and tearing of misaligned circumbinary disks around eccentric SMBH binaries

Kimitake Hayasaki, Bong Won Sohn, Atsuo T. Okazaki +3

We study the warping and tearing of a geometrically thin, non-self-gravitating disk surrounding binary supermassive black holes on an eccentric orbit. The circumbinary disk is sign…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 3 cited

Warped Circumbinary Disks in Active Galactic Nuclei

Kimitake Hayasaki, Bong Won Sohn, Atsuo T. Okazaki +3

We study a warping instability of a geometrically thin, non-self-gravitating disk surrounding binary supermassive black holes on a circular orbit. Such a circumbinary disk is subje…