Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-03-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 2 embedded figures, accepted to ApJLetters
Scientific paper
10.1086/320032
The Galactic center Arches stellar cluster, detected and studied until now only in the near-infrared, is comprised of at least one hundred massive (M>20 Msun) stars. Here we report the detection at centimeter wavelengths of radio continuum emission from eight radio sources associated with the cluster. Seven of these radio sources have rising spectral indices between 4.9 and 8.5 GHz and coincide spatially with the brightest stars in the cluster, as determine from JHK photometry and Brackett alpha and Brackett Gamma spectroscopy. Our results confirm the presence of powerful ionized winds in these stars. The eighth radio source has a nonthermal spectrum and its nature is yet unclear, but it could be associated with a lower mass young star in the cluster.
Goss William Miller
Lang Cornelia C.
Rodriguez Luis F.
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