Detection of circular polarization in the Galactic center black hole candidate Sagittarius A*

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 523, Issue 1 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  Bower, Geoffrey C ^a   Falcke, Heino ^b,c   Backer, Donald C ^d  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxy: center; Polarization; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033588602     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/312246     Document Type: Article

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