High-precision stellar radial velocities in the galactic center

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 599, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1139-1156

  Figer, Donald F ^a,b   Gilmore, Diane ^a   Kim, Sungsoo S ^c   Morris, Mark ^d   Becklin, E E ^d   McLean, Ian S ^d   Gilbert, Andrea M ^e   Graham, James R ^e   Larkin, James E ^d   Levenson, N A ^f   Teplitz, Harry I ^g  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Infrared: stars; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347301663     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379627     Document Type: Article

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