Publications

Improving Galactic Center Astrometry by Reducing the Effects of Geometric Distortion S. Yelda; J. R. Lu; A. M. Ghez; W. Clarkson, J. Anderson, T. Do, K. Matthews, 2010, ApJ NIRC2 Narrow Camera Distortion Solution

The Galactic Center: A Laboratory for Fundamental Astrophysics and Galactic Nuclei Ghez, A.; Morris, M.; Lu, J.; Weinberg, N.; Matthews, K.; Alexander, T.; Armitage, P.; Becklin, E.; Brown, W.; Campbell, R.; Do, T.; Eckart, A.; Genzel, R.; Gould, A.; Hansen, B.; Ho, L.; Lo, F.; Loeb, A.; Melia, F.; Merritt, D.; Milosavljevic, M.; Perets, H.; Rasio, F.; Reid, M.; Salim, S.; Schoedel, R.; Yelda, S., 2009, An ASTRO2010 White Paper

High Angular Resolution Integral-Field Spectroscopy of the Galaxy's Nuclear Cluster: A Missing Stellar Cusp? T. Do; A. M. Ghez; M. R. Morris; J. R. Lu; K. Matthews; S. Yelda; J. Larkin, 2009, ApJ

A power-law break in the near-infrared power spectrum of the Galactic center black hole L. Meyer; T. Do; A. M. Ghez; M. R. Morris; S. Yelda; R. Schoedel; A. Eckart, 2009, ApJL

A Near-Infrared Variability Study of the Galactic Black Hole: A Red Noise Source with NO Detected Periodicity T. Do; A. M. Ghez; M. R. Morris; S. Yelda; L. Meyer; J. R. Lu; S. D. Hornstein; K. Matthews, 2009, ApJ, 691, 1021

A Disk of Young Stars at the Galactic Center as Determined by Individual Stellar Orbits J. R. Lu; A. M. Ghez; S. D. Hornstein; M. R. Morris; E. E. Becklin; K. Matthews, 2009, ApJ, 690, 1463

Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way's Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits A. M. Ghez; S. Salim; N. N. Weinberg; J. R. Lu; T. Do; J. K. Dunn; K. Matthews; M. R. Morris; S. Yelda; E. E. Becklin; T. Kremenek; M. Milosavljevic; J. Naiman, 2008, ApJ, 689, 1044

A 600 Minute Near-Infrared Light Curve of Sagittarius A* L. Meyer; T. Do; A. M. Ghez; M. R. Morris; G. Witzel; A. Eckart; G. Belanger; R. Schoedel, 2008, ApJL, 688, L17

First VLTI infrared spectro-interferometry on GCIRS 7. Characterizing the prime reference source for Galactic center observations at highest angular resolution Pott, J.-U.; Eckart, A.; Glindemann, A.; Kraus, S.; Schoedel, R.; Ghez, A. M.; Woillez, J.; Weigelt, G. 2008, A&A, 487, 413

The Proper Motion of the Arches Cluster with Keck Laser-Guide Star Adaptive Optics A. Stolte; A. M. Ghez; M. R. Morris; J. R. Lu; W. Brandner; K. Matthews, ApJ, 675, 1278

A Constant Spectral Index for Sagittarius A* during Infrared/X-Ray Intensity Variations S. D. Hornstein; K. Matthews; A. M. Ghez; J. R. Lu; M. Morris; E. E. Becklin; M. Rafelski; F. K. Baganoff, 2007, ApJ, 667, 900

Photometric Stellar Variability in the Galactic Center Rafelski, M.; Ghez, A. M.; Hornstein, S. D.; Lu, J. R.; Morris, M., 2007, ApJ, 659, 1241

The First Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations of the Galactic Center: Sgr A*'s Infrared Color and the Extended Red Emission in its Vicinity , A. M. Ghez, S. D. Hornsten, J. R. Lu, A. Bouchez, D. Le Mignant, M. A. van Dam, P. Wizinowich, K. Matthews, M. Morris, E. E. Becklin, R. D. Campbell, J. C. Y. Chin, S. K. Hartman, E. M. Johansson, R. E. Lafon, P. J. Stomski, and D. M. Summers, 2005, ApJ, accepted

IRS 16 SW: A New Comoving Group of Young Stars in the Central Parsec of the Milky Way , J. R. Lu, A. M. Ghez, S. D. Hornstein, M. Morris, E. E. Becklin, 2005, ApJ, 625, L51

Stellar Orbits Around the Galactic Center Black Hole , A. M. Ghez, S. Salim, S. D. Hornstein, A. Tanner, J. R. Lu, M. Morris, E. E. Becklin, G. Duchene, 2005, ApJ, 620, 744

Variable Infrared Emission from the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way , A. M. Ghez, S. A. Wright, K. Matthews, D. Thompson, D. Le Mignant, A. Tanner, S. D. Hornstein, M. Morris, E. E. Becklin, B. T. Soifer, 2003, ApJ, 601, L159

The First Measurement of Spectral Lines in a Short-Period Star Bound to the Galaxy's Central Black Hole: A Paradox of Youth , Ghez, A. M., Duchene, G., Matthews, K., Hornstein, S., Tanner, A., et al. 2003, ApJL, 586, 127L

A Trip to the Galactic Center Tanner, A., 2003, Sky and Telescope, 105, 44

Spatially Resolved Observations of the Galactic Center Source, IRS 21 , Tanner, A.,M., Ghez, A., Morris, M., Becklin, E., Cotera, A., Ressler, M., Werner, M., Wizinowich, P. 2002, ApJ, 575, 860

Limits on the Short-Term Variability of Sgr A* in the Near-Infrared , Hornstein, S., Ghez, A.M., Tanner, A., Morris, M., Becklin, E.E., Wizinowich, P., 2002, ApJ, 577, L9

Adaptive Optics Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Sagittarius A* Cluster , Gezari, S.; Ghez, A. M.; Becklin, E. E.; Larkin, J.; McLean, I. S.; Morris, M., 2002, ApJ, 576, 790

The Accelerations of Stars orbiting the Milky Way's Central Black Hole , Ghez, A,M, Morris, M, Becklin, E,E, Tanner, A, Kremenek, T, 2000, Nature, 407, 349

High Proper-Motion Stars in the Vicinity of Sagittarius A*: Evidence for a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy , Ghez, A. M.; Klein, B. L.; Morris, M.; Becklin, E. E., 1998, ApJ, 509, 678

Conference Proceedings

The orbital motion of the Arches cluster — clues on cluster formation near the galactic center A. Stolte; A. M. Ghez; M. R. Morris; J. R. Lu; W. Brandner; K. Matthews, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 131, 012015

Science with large-aperture infrared interferometry — size does matter or talking about a new tool to study the galactic center J. Pott; A. Eckart; A. M. Ghez; S. Kraus, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 131, 012014

Orbits and origins of the young stars in the central parsec of the galaxy Lu, J. R.; Ghez, A. M.; Morris, M.; Hornstein, S. D.; Matthews, K., Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 131, 012012

Testing for periodicities in near-IR light curves of Sgr A* Do, T.; Ghez, A. M.; Morris, M.; Yelda, S.; Lu, J. R.; Hornstein, S. D.; Matthews, K., Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 131, 012003

Galactic Center Youth: Orbits and Origins of the Young Stars in the Central Parsec Lu, J. R.; Ghez, A. M.; Hornstein, S. D.; Morris, M.; Matthews, K.; Thompson, D. J.; Becklin, E. E., Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 54, 279

Infrared/X-ray intensity variations and the color of Sgr A* Hornstein, S. D.; Matthews, K.; Ghez, A. M.; Lu, J. R.; Morris, M.; Becklin, E. E.; Baganoff, F. K.; Rafelski, M., 2006, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 54, 399

Photometric Stellar Variability in the Galactic Center Rafelski, M.; Ghez, A. M.; Hornstein, S. D.; Lu, J. R.; Morris, M, 2006, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 54, 316

The Arches cluster - evidence for a truncated MF in the GC? Stolte, A., Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 54, 217

Recent Advances Made with a Decade of Diffraction-Limited Data From the W. M. Keck 10 meter Telescopes A. M. Ghez, 2004, "Galactic Center Newsletter", 17, 11-16

Full Three Dimensional Orbits For Multiple Stars on Close Approaches to the Central Supermassive Black Hole A. M. Ghez, E. Becklin, G. Duchene, S. Hornstein, M. Morris, S. Salim, A. Tanner, 2003, "The central 300 parsecs of the Milky Way" conference proceedings

Resolving The Northern Arm Sources at the Galactic Center Tanner, A. M., Ghez, A. M., Morris, M., Becklin, E. E., 2003, "The central 300 parsecs of the Milky Way" conference proceedings

Dynamical Evidence for a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way Ghez, A. M., Morris, M., Becklin, E. E., 1999, "Galaxy Dynamics, proceedings of conference helt at Rutgers University", 8-12 Aug 1998