MASS DISTRIBUTION IN THE CENTRAL FEW PARSECS OF OUR GALAXY[Author's correction]

@article{Oh2009MASSDI,
  title={MASS DISTRIBUTION IN THE CENTRAL FEW PARSECS OF OUR GALAXY[Author's correction]},
  author={Seungkyung Oh and Sungsoo S. Kim and Donald F. Figer},
  journal={Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society},
  year={2009},
  volume={42},
  pages={105-105}
}
We estimate the enclosed mass profile in the central 10 pc of the Milky Way by analyzing the infrared photometry and the velocity observations of dynamically relaxed stellar population in the Galactic center. HST/NICMOS and Gemini Adaptive Optics images in the archive are used to obtain the number density profile, and proper motion and radial velocity data were compiled from the literature to find the velocity dispersion profile assuming a spherical symmetry and velocity isotropy. From these… 
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