Bright stars and an optically thick inactive disk in Sgr A* and other dormant galaxy centers

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 411, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-416

  Cuadra, J ^a   Nayakshin, S ^a   Sunyaev, R ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accretion, Accretion disks; Eclipses; Galaxy: center; ISM: dust, extinction; Stars: individual: S2

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANISOTROPY; GALAXIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PHOTOIONIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAYS;

LUMINOSITY; STAR CLUSTER;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0344944231     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031350     Document Type: Article

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