A strong magnetic field around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Galaxy

Nature

Volumn 501, Issue 7467, 2013, Pages 391-393

  Eatough, R P ^a   Falcke, H ^a,b,c   Karuppusamy, R ^a   Lee, K J ^a   Champion, D J ^a   Keane, E F ^d   Desvignes, G ^a   Schnitzeler, D H F M ^a   Spitler, L G ^a   Kramer, M ^a,d   Klein, B ^a,e   Bassa, C ^d   Bower, G C ^f   Brunthaler, A ^a   Cognard, I ^g,h   Deller, A T ^c   Demorest, P B ⁱ   Freire, P C C ^a   Kraus, A ^a   Lyne, A G ^d   Noutsos, A ^a   Stappers, B ^d   Wex, N ^a   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e BONN RHEIN SIEG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^h Paris Observatory   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; GAS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; POLARIZATION; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; BLACK HOLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY;

EID: 84884412285     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12499     Document Type: Article

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