------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Michael.Nord@nrl.navy.mil To: gcnews@zia.aoc.nrao.edu Subject: submit sgrastar330.tex ApJL, Accepted %astro-ph/0312219 %%\documentclass[preprint2]{aastex} %%\documentclass[12pt,preprint]{aastex} \documentclass{emulateapj} \begin{document} % % \newcommand{\mjybm}{\mbox{mJy~beam${}^{-1}$}} \newcommand{\sgrastar}{\protect\objectname[]{Sgr~A$^{*}$}} \newcommand{\htwo}{\ion{H}{2}} \shorttitle{\sgrastar\ at~330~MHz} \shortauthors{Nord et al.} \title{Detection of Sagittarius~A$^*$ at~330~MHz with the Very Large Array} \author{Michael E.~Nord, T.~Joseph~W.~Lazio, Namir~E.~Kassim} \affil{Naval Research Laboratory, Code~7213, Washington, DC 20375-5351} \email{Michael.Nord@nrl.navy.mil} \email{Joseph.Lazio@nrl.navy.mil} \email{Namir.Kassim@nrl.navy.mil} \altaffiltext{1}{Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico} \author{W.~M.~Goss} \affil{National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O.~Box~0, Socorro, NM 87801} \email{mgoss@nrao.edu} \and \author{N.~Duric} \affil{Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, 800 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131} \email{duric@tesla.phys.unm.edu} \begin{abstract} We report the detection of Sagittarius~A$^*$, the radio source associated with our Galaxy's central massive black hole, at 330 MHz with the Very Large Array. Implications for the spectrum and emission processes of Sagittarius~A$^*$ are discussed and several hypothetical geometries of the central region are considered. \end{abstract} \keywords{Galaxy: center --- Galaxy: nucleus}