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Johnson MD, Fish VL, Doeleman SS, Marrone DP, Plambeck RL, Wardle JFC, Akiyama K, Asada K, Beaudoin C, Blackburn L, Blundell R, Bower GC, Brinkerink C, Broderick AE, Cappallo R, Chael AA, Crew GB, Dexter J, Dexter M, Freund R, Friberg P, Gold R, Gurwell MA, Ho PTP, Honma M, Inoue M, Kosowsky M, Krichbaum TP, Lamb J, Loeb A, Lu RS, MacMahon D, McKinney JC, Moran JM, Narayan R, Primiani RA, Psaltis D, Rogers AEE, Rosenfeld K, SooHoo J, Tilanus RPJ, Titus M, Vertatschitsch L, Weintroub J, Wright M, Young KH, Zensus JA, Ziurys LM. Resolved magnetic-field structure and variability near the event horizon of Sagittarius A*. Science 2015; 350:1242-5. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aac7087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael D. Johnson
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
| | - Sheperd S. Doeleman
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
| | - Daniel P. Marrone
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA
| | - Richard L. Plambeck
- Department of Astronomy, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, 501 Campbell, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411, USA
| | - John F. C. Wardle
- Department of Physics MS-057, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-0911
| | - Kazunori Akiyama
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
- Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - Keiichi Asada
- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Post Office Box 23-141, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Christopher Beaudoin
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
| | - Lindy Blackburn
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Ray Blundell
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Geoffrey C. Bower
- Academia Sinica Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), 645 N. A'ohōkū Pl. Hilo, HI 96720, USA
| | - Christiaan Brinkerink
- Department of Astrophysics/Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Post Office Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - Avery E. Broderick
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
| | - Roger Cappallo
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
| | - Andrew A. Chael
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Geoffrey B. Crew
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
| | - Jason Dexter
- Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
| | - Matt Dexter
- Department of Astronomy, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, 501 Campbell, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411, USA
| | - Robert Freund
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA
| | - Per Friberg
- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, East Asia Observatory, 660 N. A'ohōkū Place, University Park, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
| | - Roman Gold
- Department of Physics, Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland at College Park, Physical Sciences Complex, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - Mark A. Gurwell
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Paul T. P. Ho
- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Post Office Box 23-141, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Mareki Honma
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
- Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mitaka, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588
| | - Makoto Inoue
- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Post Office Box 23-141, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Michael Kosowsky
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
- Department of Physics MS-057, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-0911
| | - Thomas P. Krichbaum
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
| | - James Lamb
- Owens Valley Radio Observatory, California Institute of Technology, 100 Leighton Lane, Big Pine, CA 93513-0968, USA
| | - Abraham Loeb
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Ru-Sen Lu
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
| | - David MacMahon
- Department of Astronomy, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, 501 Campbell, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411, USA
| | - Jonathan C. McKinney
- Department of Physics, Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland at College Park, Physical Sciences Complex, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - James M. Moran
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Ramesh Narayan
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Rurik A. Primiani
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Dimitrios Psaltis
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA
| | - Alan E. E. Rogers
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
| | - Katherine Rosenfeld
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Jason SooHoo
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
| | - Remo P. J. Tilanus
- Department of Astrophysics/Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Post Office Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Post Office Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
| | - Michael Titus
- Haystack Observatory, Route 40, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA 01886, USA
| | - Laura Vertatschitsch
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Jonathan Weintroub
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Melvyn Wright
- Department of Astronomy, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, 501 Campbell, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411, USA
| | - Ken H. Young
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - J. Anton Zensus
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
| | - Lucy M. Ziurys
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA
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