Dissecting the variability of Sagittarius A* in the orbiting hotspot framework

arXiv:2609.28844 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-23 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-09-23

Updated: 2026-09-23

Terminology

• Event Horizon Telescope — 8× in this paper
• Consistency — 4× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accretion Flows — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accretion Physics — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Selection Bias — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

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