The first measurement of spectral lines in a short-period star bound to the Galaxy's central black hole: A paradox of youth

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 586, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Ghez, A M ^a,b   Duchene G ^a   Matthews, K ^c   Hornstein, S D ^a   Tanner, A ^a   Larkin, J ^a   Morris, M ^a   Becklin, E E ^a   Salim, S ^a   Kremenek, T ^a,d   Thompson, D ^c   Soifer, B T ^c   Neugebauer, G ^c,e   Mclean, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Infrared: stars; Techniques: high angular resolution; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042532240     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374804     Document Type: Article

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