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http://dx.doi.org/10.5303/JKAS.2009.42.2.017

MASS DISTRIBUTION IN THE CENTRAL FEW PARSECS OF OUR GALAXY  

Oh, Seung-Kyung (Dept. of Astronomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University)
S. Kim, Sung-Soo (Dept. of Astronomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University)
Figer, Donald F. (Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology)
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Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society / v.42, no.2, 2009 , pp. 17-26 More about this Journal
Abstract
We estimate the enclosed mass profile in the central 10 pc of the Milky Way by analyzing the infrared photometry and the velocity observations of dynamically relaxed stellar population in the Galactic center. HST/NICMOS and Gemini Adaptive Optics images in the archive are used to obtain the number density profile, and proper motion and radial velocity data were compiled from the literature to find the velocity dispersion profile assuming a spherical symmetry and velocity isotropy. From these data, we calculate the the enclosed mass and density profiles in the central 10 pc of the Galaxy using the Jeans equation. Our improved estimates can better describe the exact evolution of the molecular clouds and star clusters falling down to the Galactic center, and constrain the star formation history of the inner part of the Galaxy.
Keywords
Galaxy: center; Galaxy: structure; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics;
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