The dark mass concentration in the central parsec of the Milky Way

We report ∼1″ resolution K-band (2 μm) imaging spectroscopy of the central parsec of our Galaxy. The derived radial velocities for 223 early- and late-type stars probe the nuclear mass distribution to spatial scales of 0.1 pc. We find a statistically very significant increase of projected stellar ve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Genzel, R, Thatte, N, Krabbe, A, Kroker, H, TacconiGarman, L
Format: Journal article
Published: 1996