Stellar Orbits around the Galactic Center Black Hole

@article{Ghez2005StellarOA,
  title={Stellar Orbits around the Galactic Center Black Hole},
  author={A. Ghez and S. Salim and S. Hornstein and A. Tanner and J. Lu and M. Morris and E. E. Becklin and G. Duch{\^e}ne},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2005},
  volume={620},
  pages={744-757}
}
  • A. Ghez, S. Salim, +5 authors G. Duchêne
  • Published 2005
  • Physics
  • The Astrophysical Journal
    • Wepresentnew diffraction-limitedimagesoftheGalacticcenter, obtainedwith theW.M.KeckI10mtelescope. Within0B4oftheGalaxy’scentraldarkmass,17proper-motionstars,withKmagnitudesrangingfrom 14.0to16.8, areidentified,and10ofthesearenewdetections(sixwerealsoindependentlydiscoveredbyothers).Inthissample, three newly identified (S0-16, S0-19, and S0-20) and four previously known (S0-1, S0-2, S0-4, and S0-5) sources have measured proper motions that reveal orbital solutions. Orbits are derived… CONTINUE READING
    View PDF on arXiv
    Top 3 of 533 Citations
    MEASURING DISTANCE AND PROPERTIES OF THE MILKY WAY'S CENTRAL SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE WITH STELLAR ORBITS
    A. Ghez, S. Salim, … J. Naiman2008
    984
    Monitoring stellar orbits around the Massive Black Hole in the Galactic Center
    S. Gillessen, F. Eisenhauer, … T. Ott2009
    1072
    Discovery of an Unbound Hypervelocity Star in the Milky Way Halo
    Warren R. Brown, M. Geller, … Michael J. Kurtz2005
    238

    Figures and Tables from this paper.

    Figures and Tables

    533 Citations
    Citation Type

    Citation Type

    Monitoring stellar orbits around the Massive Black Hole in the Galactic Center
    • 1,072
    • Highly Influenced
    • PDF
    MEASURING DISTANCE AND PROPERTIES OF THE MILKY WAY'S CENTRAL SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE WITH STELLAR ORBITS
    • 984
    • PDF
    Discovery of an Unbound Hypervelocity Star in the Milky Way Halo
    • 238
    • Highly Influenced
    • PDF
    An Update on Monitoring Stellar Orbits in the Galactic Center
    • 181
    • PDF
    Sinfoni in the galactic center : Young stars and infrared flares in the central light-month
    • 481
    Coevolution (Or Not) of Supermassive Black Holes and Host Galaxies: Supplemental Material
    • 1,445
    • PDF
    HST STIS Spectroscopy of the Triple Nucleus of M31: Two Nested Disks in Keplerian Rotation around a Supermassive Black Hole
    • 177
    • Highly Influenced
    • PDF
    Event-horizon-scale structure in the supermassive black hole candidate at the Galactic Centre
    • 509
    • PDF
    STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE CENTRAL 0.5 pc OF THE GALAXY. II. THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION
    • 133
    • PDF
    The two young star disks in the central parsec of the galaxy: properties, dynamics and formation
    • 436
    • Highly Influenced
    • PDF

    References

    Publications referenced by this paper.
    SHOWING 1-10 OF 81 REFERENCES
    A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion
    • 2,623
    • PDF
    THE SLOPE OF THE BLACK HOLE MASS VERSUS VELOCITY DISPERSION CORRELATION
    • 1,926
    • PDF
    The First Measurement of Spectral Lines in a Short-Period Star Bound to the Galaxy’s Central Black Hole: A Paradox of Youth
    • 432
    • PDF
    A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies
    • 2,992
    • PDF
    Stellar proper motions in the central 0.1 PC of the galaxy
    • 270
    • Highly Influential
    The Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
    • 199
    • PDF
    Evidence for a black hole from high rotation velocities in a sub-parsec region of NGC4258
    • 798
    The accelerations of stars orbiting the Milky Way's central black hole
    • 263
    • PDF
    A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
    • 694
    • Highly Influential
    • PDF
    The Proper Motion of Sagittarius A*. I. First VLBA Results
    • 188
    • PDF