2022ApJ...932L..17F


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2022ApJ...932L..17F - Astrophys. J., 932, L17-L17 (2022/June-3)

Implication of Spin Constraints by the Event Horizon Telescope on Stellar Orbits in the Galactic Center.

FRAGIONE G. and LOEB A.

Abstract (from CDS):

The center of the Milky Way hosts the closest supermassive black hole, Sgr A*. Decades of near-infrared observations of our Galactic Center have shown the presence of a small population of stars (the so-called S-star cluster) orbiting Sgr A*, which were recently reported to be arranged into two orthogonal disks. In this case, the timescale for the Lense-Thirring precession of S stars should be longer than their age, implying a low spin for Sgr A*. In contrast, the recent results by the Event Horizon Telescope favor a highly spinning Sgr A*, which seems to suggest that the S stars could not be arranged in disks. Alternatively, the spin of Sgr A* must be small, suggesting that the models for its observed image are incomplete.

Abstract Copyright: © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Black holes - Kerr black holes - Galactic center

Simbad objects: 8

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Number of rows : 8
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024
#notes
1 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7196 3
2 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 14415 0
3 NAME Sgr A* X 17 45 40.03599 -29 00 28.1699           ~ 4390 3
4 [EG97] S38 * 17 45 40.04040 -29 00 28.0739           G7.5III 40 0
5 [EG97] S2 * 17 45 40.0442 -29 00 27.975           B0/2V 374 1
6 [EG97] S55 * ~ ~           ~ 46 0
7 [EG97] S175 * ~ ~           ~ 11 0
8 [EG97] S62 * ~ ~           ~ 29 0

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