Stars at the Galactic Center
Prep. for ARAA

Recent Reviews: Alexander (2005?), Genzel et al. (1994), Topics:
1. Stars as Probes of the central dark mass:
A. Current Measurements:
i. proof of black hole
a. vel disp (Eckart & Genzel 1997, Ghez et al. 1998, Genzel et al. 2000) b. accel (Ghez et al. 2000, Eckart et al. 2002) c. orbits (Schoedel et al. 2002, 2003, Ghez et al. 2003, 2005; Eisenhauer et al. submitted) d. alternatives (Moaz 1998, Tsiklauri & Viollier 1998, Munyanez & Viollier 2002) ii. direct measure of Ro
(Eisennhauer et al. 2003, submitted) iii. extended mass distribution
(Mouawad, N. et al. 2005) iv. limits on accretion disk from variations (Cuadra et al. 2003, Rafelski et al. 2006) B. Future possibilities with orbits :
i. precise Ro
(Jaroszynski 1999) ii. motion of periapse
(Fragile & Mathews 2000, Jaroszynski 1998, Rubliar & Eckart 2001, Weinberg et al. 2005) iii. transverse doppler and GR redshift
(Zucker et al. 2005) 2. Stars as Probes of Star Formation History A. Overall population... distribution of old stars (Figer et al. 2003) Genzel et al. 2003 A. Paradox of Youth:
i. SpT a. Central Cluster Krabbe et al. 1991, 1995 Paumard et al. 2001, 2004, 2006 b. Sgr A* Stellar Cluster (Figer et al. 2000, Eckart et al. 1999, Gezari et al. 2002, Ghez et al. 2003, Eisenhauer et al. 2003, Eisenhauer et al. submitted) c. Arches & Quintuplet ii. Bow shocks (Tanner et al. 2001, 2005; Geballe et al. 2004, 2006) iii. Dynamics a. Central Cluster OB stars Ghez et al. 2005, Eisenhauer et al. submitted disks Genzel et al. 1996 (rad vel), Levin & Beloborodov Lu et al. 2006 clusters Maillard et al. 2004, Lu et al. 2005, Schoedel et al. 2005 b. HVS iv. Theory Constraints on the Stellar Mass Function (Alexander, R et al. 2006) Eckart IRS 13N stuff Mike Muno's work (Deegan & Nayakshin astro-ph/0611624) Ott et al. HVS
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Last modified August 17, 2006