A dual emission mechanism in Sgr A*/L'

Y. Clénet(1) & D. Rouan(1) & D. Gratadour(1) & O. Marco(2) & P. Léna(1) & N. Ageorges(2) & E. Gendron(1)


(1) Observatoire de Paris, LESIA, 5 place Jules Janssen, F-92195 Meudon Cedex, France & European Southern Observatory (ESO), Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19, Chile

Paper: A&A, 2005, 439, L9

EPrint Server: astro-ph/0507088


Abstract:

We have collected in 2004 adaptive optics corrected L' images of the Galactic Center region with NAOS-CONICA at VLT. A strong variability was observed as well as a correlation between the photocenter positions and fluxes of the L'-band counterpart of Sgr A*. It is interpreted as the combined emission of a point-like flaring source at the position of Sgr A*/IR itself and an extended dust structure, 75 mas south west of Sgr A*/IR, which we name Sgr A*-f. We examine the different possible mechanisms to explain this dual Sgr A* L' emission and conclude it is likely a flaring emission associated to energetic events in the close environment of the black hole plus a quiescent emission resulting from the collision of Sgr A*-f by a jet from Sgr A*.


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