Galactic Center Radio Arc

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Image of the Galactic Center Radio Arc. The bright source near the bottom right is the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Galactic Center Radio Arc Radio Image (2002-gradioarc-more-2).jpg
Image of the Galactic Center Radio Arc. The bright source near the bottom right is the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

The Galactic Center Radio Arc is a long curving X-ray filament about 40 light years across located in the Galactic Center of the Milky Way galaxy (about 8 kiloparsecs). The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) also contains the Galactic central radio arc. The structure is curving towards the Galactic Center where the supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* is located. [1] [2]

The curving is due to the hot plasma located inside the Galactic Center Radio Arc being directed and flowing along constant and strong magnetic field lines. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "APOD: 2023 April 3 – The Galactic Center Radio Arc". apod.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Research Portal". iro.uiowa.edu. Archived from the original on 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  3. ↑ Serabyn, E. (1996), Blitz, Leo; Teuben, Peter (eds.), "The Nature of the Galactic Center Arc" , Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way: Proceedings of the 169th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 23–29, 1994, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 263–269, doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1687-6_32, ISBN   978-94-009-1687-6 , retrieved 2025-05-20


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