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This paper reviews the recent progress in the study of the intra-day variability (IDV) of Sagitarrius A* (Sgr A*), the best known supermassive black hole candidates with a dark mass concentration of 4 × 10\(^6 M_{\odot}\) at the center of our galaxy.
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Shen, Z.Q., Li, J., Miyazaki, A. et al. Intra-Day Variability of Sagittarius A* at Multi-Wavelengths. J Astrophys Astron 32, 13 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-011-9070-z
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