A STRONGLY MAGNETIZED PULSAR WITHIN THE GRASP OF THE MILKY WAY'S SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE

The center of our Galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole, Sagittarius (Sgr) A*. Young, massive stars within 0.5 pc of Sgr A* are evidence of an episode of intense star formation near the black hole a few million years ago, which might have left behind a young neutron star traveling deep into Sgr A*&...

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Main Authors: Rea, N. (Author), Esposito, P. (Author), Pons, J. A. (Author), Turolla, R. (Author), Torres, D. F. (Author), Israel, G. L. (Author), Possenti, A. (Author), Burgay, M. (Author), Papitto, A. (Author), Perna, R. (Author), Stella, L. (Author), Ponti, G. (Author), Haggard, D. (Author), Camero-Arranz, A. (Author), Zane, S. (Author), Minter, A. (Author), Mereghetti, S. (Author), Tiengo, A. (Author), Feroci, M. (Author), Mignani, R. (Author), Vigano, D. (Author), Schodel, R. (Author), Gotz, D. (Author), Baganoff, Frederick K (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Baganoff, Frederick K. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-02-03T20:34:23Z.
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