Composition of the galactic center star cluster

R. M. Buchholz; R. Schoedel; A. Eckart

Composition of the galactic center star cluster

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2010-02-01 v1

Authors: R. M. Buchholz , R. Schoedel , A. Eckart

Abstract

We present a population analysis of the nuclear stellar cluster of the Milky Way based on adaptive optics narrow band spectral energy distributions. We find strong evidence for the lack of a stellar cusp and a similarity of the late type luminosity function to the bulge KLF.

Keywords

galactic center nuclear star cluster stellar population adaptive optics luminosity function Milky Way

Cite

@article{arxiv.1001.5381,
  title  = {Composition of the galactic center star cluster},
  author = {R. M. Buchholz and R. Schoedel and A. Eckart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.5381},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Proceedings article for the Galactic Center Workshop 2009, Shanghai. The conference proceedings will be published in the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series

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