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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 ASEP 0484588 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The 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 Title Foundations of Physics. - : Springer - ISSN 0015-9018
Roč. 47, č. 5 (2017), s. 553-624Number of pages 72 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords black holes ; mass ; spin Subject RIV BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics OECD category Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science) R&D Projects 7E13012 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) GB14-37086G GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support ASU-R - RVO:67985815 UT WOS 000399703100001 EID SCOPUS 85015963210 DOI 10.1007/s10701-017-0079-2 Annotation This 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. Workplace Astronomical Institute Contact Radka Svašková, bibl@asu.cas.cz, Tel.: 323 620 326 Year of Publishing 2018
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