Monitoring the Size and Flux Density of Sgr A* during the Active State in 2019 with East Asian VLBI Network

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作者
Cheng, Xiaopeng [1 ]
Cho, Ilje [2 ]
Kawashima, Tomohisa [3 ]
Kino, Motoki [4 ,5 ]
Zhao, Guang-Yao [2 ]
Algaba, Juan-Carlos [6 ]
Kofuji, Yutaro [7 ]
Lee, Sang-Sung [1 ,8 ]
Lee, Jee-Won [1 ]
Cheong, Whee Yeon [1 ,8 ]
Jiang, Wu [9 ]
Oh, Junghwan [10 ]
机构
[1] Korea Astron & Space Sci Inst, Daedeok Daero 776, Daejeon 34055, South Korea
[2] Inst Astrofis Andalucia CSIC, Glorieta Astron S-N, Granada 18008, Spain
[3] Univ Tokyo, Inst Cosm Ray Res, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778582, Japan
[4] Natl Astron Observ Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
[5] Kogakuin Univ Technol & Engn, Acad Support Ctr, 2665-1 Nakano, Hachioji, Tokyo 1920015, Japan
[6] Univ Malaya, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
[7] Natl Astron Observ Japan, Mizusawa VLBI Observ, 2-12 Hoshigaoka, Oshu, Iwate 0230861, Japan
[8] Univ Sci & Technol, Gajeong Ro 217, Daejeon 34113, South Korea
[9] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Astron Observ, Nandan Rd 80, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China
[10] Joint Inst VLBI ERIC, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, NL-7991 PD Dwingeloo, Netherlands
来源
GALAXIES | 2023年 / 11卷 / 02期
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
very long baseline interferometry (1769); radio astronomy (1338); galactic center (565); supermassive black holes (1663); SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLE; X-RAY; INTRINSIC SIZE; ACCRETION FLOW; SAGITTARIUS; RADIO; MODELS; FLARE; MM;
D O I
10.3390/galaxies11020046
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In this work, we studied the Galactic Center supermassive black hole (SMBH), Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), with the KVN and VERA Array (KaVA)/East Asian VLBI Network (EAVN) monitoring observations. Especially in 13 May 2019, Sgr A* experienced an unprecedented bright near infra-red (NIR) flare; so, we find a possible counterpart at 43 GHz (7 mm). As a result, a large temporal variation of the flux density at the level similar to 15.4%, with the highest flux density of 2.04 Jy, is found on 11 May 2019. Interestingly, the intrinsic sizes are also variable, and the area and major-axis size show marginal correlation with flux density with >= 2 sigma. Thus, we interpret that the emission region at 43 GHz follows the larger-when-brighter relation in 2019. The possible origins are discussed with an emergence of a weak jet/outflow component and the position angle change of the rotation axis of the accretion disk in time.
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