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Star Formation in the Galactic Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2017

Jens Kauffmann
Jens Kauffmann*
Affiliation:
Max–Planck–Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53125 Bonn, Germany email: jens.kauffmann@gmail.com
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Research on Galactic Center star formation is making great advances, in particular due to new data from interferometers spatially resolving molecular clouds in this environment. These new results are discussed in the context of established knowledge about the Galactic Center. Particular attention is paid to suppressed star formation in the Galactic Center and how it might result from shallow density gradients in molecular clouds.

Keywords

stars: formationISM: cloudsGalaxy: center
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S322: The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre , July 2016 , pp. 75 - 84
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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