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Sgr A* and Company - Multiwavelength observations of Sgr A* and VLA search of ``Sgr A*'s'' in LINERs

H. Falcke1,2, W.M. Goss3, L.C. Ho4, H. Matsuo5, P. Teuben1, A.S. Wilson1, J.-H. Zhao4, R. Zylka2

1Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2421, USA
2Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf den Hüugel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
3NRAO Socorro
4Harvard/CfA
5NRO/Japan

To appear in: Proc. of the IAU Coll. 163, "Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources", A. Zensus, G. Taylor, J. Wrobel. (eds.), PASP Conf. Proc., 2 pages


Abstract:

We report first results from a multiwavelength campaign to measure the simultaneous spectrum of Sgr A* from cm to mm wavelengths. The observations confirm that the previously detected submm-excess is not due to variability; the presence of an ultracompact component with a size of a few Schwarzschild radii is inferred. In a VLA survey of LINER galaxies, we found Sgr A*-like nuclei in one quarter of the galaxies searched, suggesting a link between those low-power AGN and the Galactic Center.


Paper: Available in PostScript and (PASP)LaTex.

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Questions: Heino Falcke, hfalcke@astro.umd.edu