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Milky Way's blackhole jet found, points parallel to rotation of galaxy,not perpendicular



 
 
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Old November 22nd 13, 03:43 AM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
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Chandra helps confirm evidence of jet in Milky Way’s black hole |
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Old November 22nd 13, 04:09 AM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
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On 11/21/13, 8:43 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Chandra helps confirm evidence of jet in Milky Way’s black hole |
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http://www.astronomy.com/news/2013/1...ays-black-hole


The study shows that the spin axis of Sgr A* is pointing in one
direction, parallel to the rotation axis of the Milky Way, which
indicates to astronomers that gas and dust have migrated steadily
into Sgr A* over the past 10 billion years. If the Milky Way had
collided with large galaxies in the recent past and their central
black holes had merged with Sgr A*, the jet could point in any
direction.

The jet appears to be running into gas near Sgr A*, producing X-rays
detected by Chandra and radio emission observed by the VLA. The two
key pieces of evidence for the jet are a straight line of
X-ray-emitting gas that points toward Sgr A* and a shock front —
similar to a sonic boom — seen in radio data, where the jet appears
to be striking the gas. Additionally, the energy signature, or
spectrum, in X-rays of Sgr A* resembles that of jets coming from
supermassive black holes in other galaxies.




 




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