Loeb, Abraham2019-09-272004Loeb, Abraham. 2004. “Direct Feeding of the Black Hole at the Galactic Centre with Radial Gas Streams from Close-in Stellar Winds.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 350 (2): 725–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07684.x.0035-87111365-2966http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41417379We show that the recently discovered orbits of massive stars with closest approach of similar to10(3) Schwarzschild radii from Sgr A* allow winds from these stars to provide the required mass deposition rate near the black hole horizon. The observed luminosity of Sgr A* does not require viscous transport of angular momentum, as long as the total wind mass loss rate reaches similar to10(-6) M-circle dot yr(-1) from the close-in stars. The specific orbits of the nearest stars should cause modulation of the radio and infrared flux from Sgr A* on a time-scale of years in a predictable fashion.en-USJournal Article2019-09-2710.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07684.x