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| Paper: |
The Galactic nucleus: A unique region in the Galactic ecosystem |
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73, Airborne Astronomy Symposium on the Galactic Ecosystem: From Gas to Stars to Dust |
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447 |
| Authors: |
Genzel, Reinhard; Poglitsch, Albrecht |
| Abstract: |
The nucleus is a unique region in the Galactic ecosystem. It is also superb laboratory of modern astrophysics where astronomers can study, at unprecedented spatial resolution and across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, physical processes that may also happen at the cores of other galaxies. Infrared observations from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory have made important contributions to unraveling the mysteries of the Galactic nucleus and this review highlights some of these measurements, as well as recent results regarding the central parsec. |
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