Variable infrared emission from the supermassive black hole at the center of the milky way

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 601, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages

  Ghez, A M ^a,b   Wright, S A ^a   Matthews, K ^c   Thompson, D ^c   Le Mignant, D ^d   Tanner, A ^a   Hornstein, S D ^a   Morris, M ^a   Becklin, E E ^a   Soifer, B T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxy: center; Infrared: stars; Techniques: high angular resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842533160     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382024     Document Type: Article

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