Do flares in Sagittarius A* reflect the last stage of tidal capture?

A. Cadez M. Calvani A. Gomboc U. Kostic

Paper: AIP Conf.Proc. 861 (2006) 566-571

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EPrint Server: astro-ph/0708.2696


Abstract:

In recent years the case for the presence of 3-4* 106 Mo black hole in our Galactic Centre has gain strenght from results of stellar dynamics observations and from the detection of several rapid X-ray and IR flares observed in the Sagittarius A* from 2000 to 2004. Here we explore the idea that such flares are produced when the central black hole tidaly captures and disrupts a small body - e.g. a comet or an asteroid.


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