An extremely top-heavy initial mass function in the galactic center stellar disks

H Bartko; F Martins; S Trippe; T Fritz; Reinhard Genzel; T Ott; F Eisenhauer; Stefan Gillessen; T Paumard; T Alexander; K Dodd-Eden; O Gerhard; Yuri Levin; L Mascetti; S Nayakshin; H B Perets; G Perrin; Oliver Pfuhl; M Reid; D Rouan; M Zilka; A Sternberg

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/834

An extremely top-heavy initial mass function in the galactic center stellar disks

H Bartko, F Martins, S Trippe, T Fritz, Reinhard Genzel, T Ott, F Eisenhauer, Stefan Gillessen, T Paumard, T Alexander, K Dodd-Eden, O Gerhard, Yuri Levin, L Mascetti, S Nayakshin, H B Perets, G Perrin, Oliver Pfuhl, M Reid, D RouanM Zilka, A Sternberg

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We present new observations of the nuclear star cluster in the central parsec of the Galaxy with the adaptive optics assisted, integral field spectrograph SINFONI on the ESO/VLT. Our work allows the spectroscopic detection of early- and late-type stars to mK a?Y 16, more than 2 mag deeper than our previous data sets. Our observations result in a total sample of 177 bona fide early-type stars. We find that most of these Wolf Rayet (WR), O-, and B-stars reside in two strongly warped disks between 08 and 12a?? from Sgr A*, as well as a central compact concentration (the S-star cluster) centered on Sgr A*.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	834 - 840
Number of pages	7
Journal	The Astrophysical Journal
Volume	708
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/834
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Bartko, H., Martins, F., Trippe, S., Fritz, T., Genzel, R., Ott, T., Eisenhauer, F., Gillessen, S., Paumard, T., Alexander, T., Dodd-Eden, K., Gerhard, O., Levin, Y., Mascetti, L., Nayakshin, S., Perets, H. B., Perrin, G., Pfuhl, O., Reid, M., ... Sternberg, A. (2010). An extremely top-heavy initial mass function in the galactic center stellar disks. The Astrophysical Journal, 708(1), 834 - 840. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/834

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An extremely top-heavy initial mass function in the galactic center stellar disks

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