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The Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole: How Good a Case Is It? A Challenge for Astrophysics & Philosophy of Science

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    SYSNO ASEP0484588
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleThe Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole: How Good a Case Is It? A Challenge for Astrophysics & Philosophy of Science
    Author(s) Eckart, A. (DE)
    Kiefer, C. (DE)
    Britzen, S. (DE)
    Zajaček, M. (DE)
    Laemmerzahl, C. (DE)
    Stoeckler, M. (DE)
    Valencia-S, M. (DE)
    Karas, Vladimír (ASU-R) RID, ORCID
    García-Marín, M. (DE)
    Source TitleFoundations of Physics. - : Springer - ISSN 0015-9018
    Roč. 47, č. 5 (2017), s. 553-624
    Number of pages72 s.
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    Keywordsblack holes ; mass ; spin
    Subject RIVBN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
    OECD categoryAstronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
    R&D Projects7E13012 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    GB14-37086G GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportASU-R - RVO:67985815
    UT WOS000399703100001
    EID SCOPUS85015963210
    DOI10.1007/s10701-017-0079-2
    AnnotationThis manuscript reviews the observational facts, theoretical grounds and conceptual aspects for the case of SgrA* being a black hole. We treat theory and observations in the framework of the philosophical discussions about “(anti)realism and underdetermination”, as this line of arguments allows us to describe the situation in observational astrophysics with respect to supermassive black holes. Questions concerning the existence of supermassive black holes and in particular SgrA* are discussed using causation as an indispensable element. We show that the results of our investigation are convincingly mapped out by this combination of concepts.
    WorkplaceAstronomical Institute
    ContactRadka Svašková, bibl@asu.cas.cz, Tel.: 323 620 326
    Year of Publishing2018
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