An Approach Detecting the Event Horizon of Sgr A*

Details An Approach Detecting the Event Horizon of Sgr A* An Approach Detecting the Event Horizon of Sgr A*

2008-09-21

arxiv.org/abs/0809.3548v1

Miyoshi, M., et al. 2007, Publications of National Astronomical Observatory Japan, 10, 15-23

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

Imaging the vicinity of a black hole is one of the ultimate goals of VLBI astronomy. The closest massive black hole, Sgr A*, located at the Galactic center, is the leading candidate for such observations. Combined with recent VLBI recording technique and submillimeter radio engineering, we now have sufficient sensitivity for the observations. Here we show performance simulations of submillimeter VLBI arrays for imaging Sgr A*. Good images are obtained from submillimeter VLBI arrays in the southern hemisphere composed of more than 10 stations. We also note that even with a small array, we can estimate the shadow size and then the mass of the black hole from visibility analysis. Now, all we need is to construct a submillimeter VLBI array in the southern hemisphere if we wish to unveil the black hole environment of Sgr A*. Key words: black hole, event horizon, Sgr A*, submillimeter

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