0000000000466771

AUTHOR

Melvyn Wright

showing 2 related works from this author

Detection of Intrinsic Source Structure at ~3 Schwarzschild Radii with Millimeter-VLBI Observations of SAGITTARIUS A*

2018

We report results from very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) observations of the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center, Sgr A*, at 1.3 mm (230 GHz). The observations were performed in 2013 March using six VLBI stations in Hawaii, California, Arizona, and Chile. Compared to earlier observations, the addition of the APEX telescope in Chile almost doubles the longest baseline length in the array, provides additional {\it uv} coverage in the N-S direction, and leads to a spatial resolution of $\sim$30 $\mu$as ($\sim$3 Schwarzschild radii) for Sgr A*. The source is detected even at the longest baselines with visibility amplitudes of $\sim$4-13% of the total flux density. We argue th…

BrightnessAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesContext (language use)General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)Astrophysics01 natural sciencesGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmologylaw.inventionTelescopelaw0103 physical sciencesVery-long-baseline interferometry010303 astronomy & astrophysicsAstrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsPhysicsSupermassive black hole010308 nuclear & particles physicsGalactic CenterAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysics - Astrophysics of GalaxiesSagittarius A*Space and Planetary ScienceAstrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)Schwarzschild radius
researchProduct

Monitoring the Morphology of M87* in 2009-2017 with the Event Horizon Telescope

2020

All authors: Wielgus, Maciek; Akiyama, Kazunori; Blackburn, Lindy; Chan, Chi-kwan; Dexter, Jason; Doeleman, Sheperd S.; Fish, Vincent L.; Issaoun, Sara; Johnson, Michael D.; Krichbaum, Thomas P.; Lu, Ru-Sen; Pesce, Dominic W.; Wong, George N.; Bower, Geoffrey C.; Broderick, Avery E.; Chael, Andrew; Chatterjee, Koushik; Gammie, Charles F.; Georgiev, Boris; Hada, Kazuhiro Loinard, Laurent; Markoff, Sera; Marrone, Daniel P.; Plambeck, Richard; Weintroub, Jonathan; Dexter, Matthew; MacMahon, David H. E.; Wright, Melvyn; Alberdi, Antxon; Alef, Walter; Asada, Keiichi; Azulay, Rebecca; Baczko, Anne-Kathrin; Ball, David; Baloković, Mislav; Barausse, Enrico; Barrett, John; Bintley, Dan; Boland, Wilf…

Brightness1663Active galactic nucleus010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences1346Event horizonAstronomyAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaGalaxy accretion disksFOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysicsF500Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics01 natural sciences5752033Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e AstrofisicaSupermassive black holes0103 physical sciencesVery-long-baseline interferometryAstronomy Astrophysics and Cosmology1769010303 astronomy & astrophysicsComputer Vision and Robotics (Autonomous Systems)Astronomy data modelingVery long baseline interferometry0105 earth and related environmental sciences162Black holes; Galaxy accretion disks; Galaxy accretion; Supermassive black holes; Active galactic nuclei; Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei; Very long baseline interferometry; Astronomy data modeling; Radio interferometryEvent Horizon TelescopePhysicsHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Active galactic nucleiSupermassive black holeBlack holesAstronomy and Astrophysics16Galaxy accretion562Position angleGalaxyLow-luminosity active galactic nucleiMedical Image ProcessingSpace and Planetary ScienceRadio interferometryAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]1859
researchProduct