Near-infrared microlensing of stars by the supermassive black hole in the galactic center

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 520, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 137-148

  Alexander, Tal ^a   Sternberg, Amiel ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: stellar content; Gravitational lensing; Infrared: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033587463     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307446     Document Type: Article

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