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Mass Distribution in the Central Few Parsecs of Our Galaxy

Figer, Donald F.; Oh, Seung-Kyung; Kim, Sung-Soo S.

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 velo…