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Event-horizon-scale structure in the supermassive black hole candidate at the Galactic Centre
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The cores of most galaxies are thought to harbour supermassive black holes, which power galactic nuclei by converting the gravitational energy of accreting matter into radiation. Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the compact source of radio, infrared and X-ray emission at the centre of the Milky Way, is the closest example of this phenomenon, with an estimated black hole mass that is 4,000,000 times that of the Sun. A long-standing astronomical goal is to resolve structures in the innermost accretion flow surrounding Sgr A*, where strong gravitational fields will distort the appearance of radiation emitted near the black hole. Radio observations at wavelengths of 3.5 mm and 7 mm have detected intrinsic structure in Sgr A*, but the spatial resolution of observations at these wavelengths is limited by interstellar scattering. Here we report observations at a wavelength of 1.3 mm that set a size of microarcseconds on the intrinsic diameter of Sgr A*. This is less than the expected apparent size of the event horizon of the presumed black hole, suggesting that the bulk of Sgr A* emission may not be centred on the black hole, but arises in the surrounding accretion flow.
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- Authors
- Doeleman, S. S., Weintroub, J., Rogers, A. E. E., Plambeck, R., Freund, R., Tilanus, R. P. J., Friberg, P., Ziurys, L. M., Moran, J. M., Corey, B., Young, K. H., Smythe, D. L., Titus, M., Marrone, D. P., Cappallo, R. J., Bock, D. C.-J., Bower, G. C., Chamberlin, R., Davis, G. R., Krichbaum, T. P., Lamb, J., Maness, H., Niell, A. E., Roy, A., Strittmatter, P., Werthimer, D., Whitney, A. R., & Woody, D.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 455
- Issue
- 7209
- Pages
- 78-80
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2035538351
- Cited by
- 836
- References
- 26
- FWCI
- 28.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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