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Simultaneous JWST, NuSTAR, and VLA Monitoring of Sgr A*: A Unified Picture of the Variable IR, X-Ray, and Radio Emission

  • Authors: F. Yusef-Zadeh, M. Wardle, R. G. Arendt, C. O. Heinke, C. J. Chandler, H. Bushouse, G. A. Moellenbrock, Joseph M. Michail

F. Yusef-Zadeh et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1000 .

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Caption: Figure 13.

Model broadband spectrum of Sgr A* during the peak of the JWST/NuSTAR flare. The blue curve shows the quasi-steady thermal synchrotron emission from the accretion flow (“disk”) with points indicating the radio/submillimeter measurements. The synchrotron emission from the NIR flare is plotted in orange with the JWST points indicated. Green, cyan, and purple show the corresponding X-ray flare emission arising from Compton upscattering via Channels I, II, and III, respectively, at vlos = 0.7c (see text); the green point indicates the NuSTAR X-ray flux at 6 keV. The gray shaded region indicates the range of frequencies (1 μm to 1 keV equivalent) that are not accessible to observation because of interstellar extinction.

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