Sagittarius A*: A supermassive black hole or a spatially extended object?

Citation
F. Munyaneza et al., Sagittarius A*: A supermassive black hole or a spatially extended object?, ASTROPHYS J, 509(2), 1998, pp. L105-L108
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
0004637X → ACNP
Volume
509
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Pages
L105 - L108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(199812)509:2<L105:SAASBH>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report here on a calculation of possible orbits of the fast moving infra red source S1, which has been observed recently by Eckart & Genzel near the Galactic center. It is shown that tracking of the orbit of S1 or any other fast moving star near Sagittarius A* offers a possibility of distinguishin g between the supermassive black hole and the extended object scenarios of Sgr A*. In our calculations, we assumed that the extended object at the Gal actic center is a nonbaryonic ball made of degenerate, self-gravitating hea vy neutrino matter, as it has been proposed recently by Tsiklauri & Viollie r.