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Mass and Angular Momentum of Sgr A*

  • Physics of Accretion Discs around Supermassive Black Holes
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Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context

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Over the past four years it has become increasingly clear that Sgr A* is not a steady source but is more or less continuously flaring. The first large flare was observed in X-rays on October 26, 2000 with Chandra [1].

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Andrea Merloni Sergei Nayakshin Rashid A. Sunyaev

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Aschenbach, B. Mass and Angular Momentum of Sgr A*. In: Merloni, A., Nayakshin, S., Sunyaev, R.A. (eds) Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11403913_54

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