Dusty Sources at the Galactic Center: The N- and Q-band view with VISIR

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2006-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601435v1

Astrophys.J. 642 (2006) 861-867

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/501345

We present mid-infrared N- and Q-band photometry of the Galactic Center from images obtained with the mid-infrared camera VISIR at the ESO VLT in May 2004. The high resolution and sensitivity possible with VISIR enables us to investigate a total of over 60 point-like sources, an unprecedented number for the Galactic Center at these wavelengths. Combining these data with previous results at shorter wavelengths (Viehmann et al. 2005) enables us to construct SEDs covering the H- to Q-band regions of the spectrum, i.e. 1.6 to 19.5 $\mu$m. We find that the SEDs of certain types of Galactic Center sources show characteristic features. We can clearly distinguish between luminous Northern Arm bow-shock sources, lower luminosity bow-shock sources, hot stars, and cool stars. This characterization may help clarify the status of presently unclassified sources.

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