Detection of the Intrinsic Size of Sagittarius A* Through Closure Amplitude Imaging

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5671, 2004, Pages 704-708

  Bower, Geoffrey C ^a   Falcke, Heino ^b,c,d   Herrnstein, Robeson M ^e   Zhao, Jun Hui ^f   Goss, W M ^g   Backer, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIO;

BLACK HOLE; RADIO EMISSIONS; RADIO SOURCES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ASTRONOMY;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

SAGITTARIUS;

EID: 2342435444     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1094023     Document Type: Article

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