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Accretion in the Center of the Milky Way

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Wolfgang J. Duschl  and
Susanne von Linden
Wolfgang J. Duschl
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Heidelberg, GermanyMax-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
Susanne von Linden
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

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We have analyzed the distribution of giant molecular clouds and their radial velocities in the inner ~ 300 pc of the Milky Way in order to deduce the characteristic properties of its large scale motion. We find radial inflow of matter towards the Galactic Center of ~ 10−2 M⊙/yr. Moreover, we have determined the position of individual clouds along the line of sight.

Type
Part 14. AGN and Galactic Centre
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 163: Accretion Phenomena and Related Outflows , 1997 , pp. 659 - 662
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

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