Confirmation and Analysis of Circular Polarization from Sagittarius A*
R.J. Sault(1) & J.-P. Macquart(2)
(1) Australia Telescope National Facility, P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW, 1710, Australia
(2) Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Paper: to appear in ApJ Letters
Abstract:
Recently Bower et al. (1999b)
have reported the detection of circular
polarization from the Galactic Center black hole candidate, Sagittarius A*.
We provide an independent confirmation of this detection, and provide
some analysis on the possible mechanisms.
Preprints available from the authors at Bob.Sault@atnf.csiro.au
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