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The nucleus of our Galaxy
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The subject of this review is the central 100 parsecs of our Galaxy, with a strong focus on the central few parsecs. Observations of the electromagnetic spectrum over 13 orders of magnitude in wavelength show a broad range of phenomena involving a number of physical processes. We discuss the stellar and interstellar components, the importance of magnetic and gravitational forces, the evidence for stellar formation and a central massive black hole, and the origin and nature of ionization, outflows and interstellar gas dynamics.
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“Within the ionized cavity, different streams spiral in toward Sgr A ∗ with the closest approach at ∼ 0 . 04 pc where the mass inflow rate is estimated to be ∼ 10 -3 M ⊙ yr -1 (Genzel et al. 1994).”
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- Authors
- Genzel, R., Hollenbach, D., & Townes, C. H.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (DE)
- Venue
- Reports on Progress in Physics
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 1994-05-01
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 417-479
- ISSN
- 0034-4885 (ISSN-L)
- 1361-6633
- OpenAlex
- W2104012283
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 214
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- FWCI
- 22.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Reports on Progress in Physics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Keywords
- galactic nuclei, Milky Way center, central parsec, stellar populations, interstellar medium, magnetic field, gravitational force, star formation, supermassive black holes, ionization, galactic outflows, interstellar gas dynamics
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