• DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2019/12/056
Corpus ID: 118516512

Our Supermassive Black Hole Rivaled the Sun in the Ancient X-ray Sky

@article{AmaroSeoane2014OurSB,
  title={Our Supermassive Black Hole Rivaled the Sun in the Ancient X-ray Sky},
  author={P. Amaro-Seoane and X. Chen},
  journal={arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
  year={2014}
}

P. Amaro-Seoane, X. Chen

Published 2014

Physics

arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Sagittarius A* (SgrA*) lying in the Galactic Centre $8$ kpc from Earth, hosts the closest supermassive black hole known to us. It is now inactive, but there is evidence indicating that about six million years ago it underwent a powerful outburst where the luminosity could have approached the Eddington limit. Motivated by the fact that in extragalaxies the supermassive black holes with similar masses and near-Eddington luminosities are usually strong X-ray emitters, we calculate here the X-ray… CONTINUE READING

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