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Galactic Centre science with an ELT

Paumard, T.; Clénet, Y.; Davies, R.; Genzel, R.; Lehnert, M.; Cuby, J. -G.; Morris, S.; team, the EAGLE

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Authors

T. Paumard

Y. Clénet

R. Davies

R. Genzel

M. Lehnert

J. -G. Cuby

the EAGLE team



Contributors

Y. Clénet
Editor

J. -M. Conan
Editor

T. Fusco
Editor

G. Rousset
Editor

Abstract

10m-class telescopes such as the VLT and the Keck Telescope have allowed tremendous progress on the understanding of environment of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre. However, these telescopes and associated instrumentation are reaching limitations which can only be overcome with larger apertures. We will summarise the most recent results in this area: star and gas dynamics, the origin of massive stars in the central parsec, the detection of stars on almost relativistic orbits. We will then anticipate the results that two E-ELT projects, MICADO and EAGLE, are expected to allow.

Citation

Paumard, T., Clénet, Y., Davies, R., Genzel, R., Lehnert, M., Cuby, J. -., …team, T. E. (2010). Galactic Centre science with an ELT. In Y. Clénet, J. -. Conan, T. Fusco, & G. Rousset (Eds.), 1st A04ELT Conference - Adaptive optics for extremely large telescopes : Paris, France, June 22-26, 2009 ; proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1051/ao4elt/201001003

Conference Name 1st AO4ELT conference - Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes
Conference Location Paris, France
Start Date Jun 22, 2009
End Date Jun 26, 2009
Online Publication Date Feb 24, 2010
Publication Date Feb 24, 2010
Deposit Date Feb 16, 2012
Publicly Available Date Apr 24, 2017
Publisher EDP Sciences
Book Title 1st A04ELT Conference - Adaptive optics for extremely large telescopes : Paris, France, June 22-26, 2009 ; proceedings.
ISBN 9782759804962
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ao4elt/201001003
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1158171

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