High proper-motion stars in the vicinity of sagittarius A*: Evidence for a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 509, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 678-686

  Ghez, A M ^a   Klein, B L ^a   Morris, M ^a   Becklin, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Infrared: stars; Stars: kinematics; Techniques: image processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444456516     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/306528     Document Type: Article

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