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Revealing the 3D structure of a flare orbiting the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole

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Based on physical modelling and using deep-learning tools, a 3D reconstruction of a flare orbiting the black hole Sagittarius A*, at the centre of the Milky Way, provides observational clues to the formation of high-energy flares and the dynamics of black-hole accretion disks.

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Fig. 1: A 3D reconstruction of a flare from Sagittarius A*.

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This is a summary of: Levis, A. et al. Orbital polarimetric tomography of a flare near the Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole. Nat. Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02238-3 (2024).

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Revealing the 3D structure of a flare orbiting the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. Nat Astron (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02256-1

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