Sub-milliarcsecond imaging of Sgr A* and M 87

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作者
Krichbaum, T. P. [1 ]
Graham, D. A. [1 ]
Bremer, M. [2 ]
Alef, W.
Witzel, A. [1 ]
Zensus, J. A. [1 ]
Eckart, A. [3 ]
机构
[1] MPIfR, Auf dem Hugel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
[2] IRAM, F-38406 St Martin Dheres, France
[3] Univ Cologne 1, Inst Phys, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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GALACTIC CENTER WORKSHOP 2006: FROM THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY TO NEARBY LOW-LUMINOSITY GALACTIC NUCLEI | 2006年 / 54卷
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10.1088/1742-6596/54/1/052
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We present and discuss new result from mm-VLBI observations of M87 and Sgr A*. The imaging of these sources with a spatial resolutions of a few to a few ten Schwarzschild radii offers new possibilities to study the immediate environment of super-massive black holes.
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