We present a systematic interferometric search for close supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries in 20 nearby type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGN) observed with VLTI/\grav. We investigate parsec-scale asymmetric emission by modeling the squared visibilities and closure phases with a single circular Gaussian component pl...
Gravity Collaboration K. Abd El Dayem, N. Aimar, A. Berdeu et al.· 0 citations
Residing in the centre of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the closest massive black hole1 (MBH). Its vicinity has allowed measuring individual stellar orbits around it2, 3–4. The stars act as test particles and probe the gravitational potential around the 4.3 × 106M⊙ MBH. These observations have determined th...
K. A. El Dayem, R. Abuter, N. Aimar et al.· Nature· 1 citation
We present an overview of how recent and upcoming GRAVITY+ upgrades at the VLTI interconnect instrument and science, enabling high-angular-resolution studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Improvements such as wideangle off-axis fringe tracking, enhanced fringe-tracker performance, and state-of-the-art adaptive optic...
S. Pappert, Yi-Xian Cao, R. Davies et al.· Astronomical Telescopes + In...· 1 citation
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