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Frontmatter (Pages: i-xvi)
CHAPTER 1
High-resolution Hi Absorption Observations towards the Central 200 pc of the Galaxy (Pages: 1-7)
Cornelia C. Lang,  Claudia Cyganowski,  W. M. Goss,  Jun-Hui Zhao, 
CHAPTER 2
High Resolution, High Sensitivity Imaging of the Galactic Center at 330 MHz (Pages: 9-16)
Michael E. Nord,  Crystal L. Brogan,  Scott D. Hyman,  T. Joseph,  W. Lazio,  Namir E. Kassim,  T. N. Larosa,  K. Anantharamaiah,  Neboja Duric, 
CHAPTER 3
Spatially Resolved Very Large Array 74 MHz Observations Toward the Galactic Center (Pages: 17-24)
C. L. Brogan,  M. Nord,  N. Kassim,  J. Lazio,  K. Anantharamaiah, 
CHAPTER 4
Chandra view of the central 300 pc of our Galaxy (Pages: 25-31)
Q. Daniel Wang, 
CHAPTER 5
Two Thousand X-ray Stars in the Central 20 pc of the Galaxy (Pages: 33-39)
M. P. Muno,  F. K. Baganoff,  M. W. Bautz,  W. N. Brandt,  P. S. Broos,  E. D. Feigelson,  G. P. Garmire,  M. R. Morris,  G. R. Ricker,  L. K. Townsley, 
CHAPTER 6
Magnetic field in the Galactic Centre: Rotation Measure observations of extragalactic sources (Pages: 41-46)
Subhashis Roy,  A. Pramesh Rao,  Ravi Subrahmanyan, 
CHAPTER 7
Study of the Nuclear Bulge region of the Galaxy (Pages: 47-51)
K. S. Baliyan,  S. Ganesh,  U. C. Joshi,  I. S. Glass,  T. Nagata, 
CHAPTER 8
A morphological Study of the Galactic Inner Bulge (Pages: 53-57)
Kiran S. Baliyan,  Shashikiran Ganesh,  Umesh C. Joshi,  Ian S. Glass,  Mark R. Morris,  Alain Omont,  Mathias Schultheis,  Guy Simon, 
CHAPTER 9
Warm molecular gas, dust and ionized gas in the 500 central pc of the Galaxy (Pages: 59-63)
N. J. Rodríguez-Fernández,  J. Martín-Pintado,  A. Fuente,  T. L. Wilson, 
CHAPTER 10
Prospects for LOFAR Observations of the Galactic Center (Pages: 65-71)
N. E. Kassim,  T. J. W. Lazio,  M. Nord,  S. D. Hyman,  C. L. Brogan,  T. N. Larosa,  N. Duric, 
CHAPTER 11
43 GHz SiO masers in late-type stars with 86 GHz SiO masers and astrometry with VERA in the Galactic center (Pages: 73-77)
Loránt O. Sjouwerman,  Maria Messineo,  Harm J. Habing, 
CHAPTER 12
A Search for Radio Transients at 0.33 GHz in the GC (Pages: 79-83)
Scott D. Hyman,  T. Joseph,  W. Lazio,  Namir E. Kassim,  Michael E. Nord,  Jennifer L. Neureuther, 
CHAPTER 13
A Molecular Face-on View of the Galactic Center Region (Pages: 85-91)
Tsuyoshi Sawada,  Tetsuo Hasegawa,  Toshihiro Handa,  R. J. Cohen, 
CHAPTER 14
The Inner 200pc: Hot Dense Gas (Pages: 93-99)
Christopher L. Martin,  Wilfred M. Walsh,  Kecheng Xiao,  Adair P. Lane,  Christopher K. Walker,  Antony A. Stark, 
CHAPTER 15
Gravitational Stability of Molecular Clouds in the Galactic Center (Pages: 101-107)
Tomoharu Oka,  Tetsuo Hasegawa, 
CHAPTER 16
Spectroscopy of Hydrocarbon Grains toward the Galactic Center and Quintuplet Cluster (Pages: 109-115)
J. E. Chiar,  A. J. Adamson,  D.C.B. Whittet,  Y. J. Pendleton, 
CHAPTER 17
X-rays from the HII Regions and Molecular Clouds near the Galactic Center (Pages: 117-123)
Katsuji Koyama,  Hiroshi Murakami,  Shinichiro Takagi, 
CHAPTER 18
Reflected X-ray Emissions on Giant Molecular Clouds — Evidence of the Past Activities of Sgr A (Pages: 125-131)
Hiroshi Murakami,  Atsushi Senda,  Yoshitomo Maeda,  Katsuji Koyama, 
CHAPTER 19
Observation of Toroidal Magnetic Fields on 100 pc Scales in the Galactic Center (Pages: 133-137)
G. Novak,  D. T. Chuss,  J. L. Dotson,  G. S. Griffin,  R. F. Loewenstein,  M. G. Newcomb,  D. Pernic,  J. B. Peterson,  T. Renbarger, 
CHAPTER 20
Extended photoionization and photodissociation in Sgr B2 (Pages: 139-143)
J. R. Goicoechea,  N. J. Rodríguez-Fernández,  J. Cernicharo, 
CHAPTER 21
Propagation of charged particles from the Galactic Center (Pages: 145-150)
W. Bednarek,  M. Giller,  M. Zielińska, 
CHAPTER 22
Discovery of New SNR Candidates in the Galactic Center Region with ASCA and Chandra (Pages: 151-155)
Atsushi Senda,  Hiroshi Murakami,  Katsuji Koyama, 
CHAPTER 23
Molecular Line Observations of the Tornado Nebula and its Eye (Pages: 157-160)
J. Lazendic,  M. Burton,  F. Yusef-Zadeh,  M. Wardle,  A. Green,  J. Whiteoak, 
CHAPTER 24
The Search for Water and Other Molecules in the Galactic Centre with the Odin Satellite (Pages: 161-165)
Aa. Sandqvist,  P. Bergman,  A. Hjalmarson,  E. Falgarone,  T. Liljeström,  M. Lindqvist,  A. Winnberg,  The Odin Team, 
CHAPTER 25
Deep X-Ray Imaging of the Central 20 Parsecs of the Galaxy with Chandra (Pages: 167-172)
Mark Morris,  Fred Baganoff,  Michael Muno,  Christian Howard,  Yoshitomo Maeda,  Eric Feigelson,  Marshall Bautz,  Niel Brandt,  George Chartas,  Gordon Garmire,  Lisa Townsley, 
CHAPTER 26
Mapping Magnetic Fields in the Cold Dust at the Galactic Center (Pages: 173-179)
David T. Chuss,  Giles Novak,  Jacqueline A. Davidson,  Jessie L. Dotson,  C. Darren Dowell,  Roger H. Hildebrand,  John E. Vaillancourt, 
CHAPTER 27
The Galactic Center Nonthermal Filaments: Recent Observations and Theory (Pages: 181-187)
T. N. Larosa,  Michael E. Nord,  T. Joseph,  W. Lazio,  Steven N. Shore,  Namir E. Kassim, 
CHAPTER 28
Interaction between the Northeastern Boundary of Sgr A East and Giant Molecular Clouds: Excitation Mechanisms of the H Emission (Pages: 189-195)
Sungho Lee,  Soojong Pak,  Christopher J. Davis,  Robeson M. Herrnstein,  T. R. Geballe,  Paul T. P. Ho,  J. Craig Wheeler, 
CHAPTER 29
Sgr A East and its surroundings – a view with XMM-Newton (Pages: 197-203)
Masaaki Sakano,  Robert S. Warwick,  Anne Decourchelle, 
CHAPTER 30
Chandra ACIS Imaging Spectroscopy of Sgr A East (Pages: 205-210)
Y. Maeda,  K. Itoh,  F. K. Baganoff,  M. W. Bautz,  W. N. Brandt,  D. N. Burrows,  J. P. Doty,  E. D. Feigelson,  G. P. Garmire,  M. Morris,  M. P. Muno,  S. Park,  S. H. Pravdo,  G. R. Ricker,  L. K. Townsley, 
CHAPTER 31
A Census of Dust Absorption at the Galactic Centre (Pages: 211-215)
Andy Adamson,  Rachel Mason,  Emily Macdonald,  Gillian Wright,  Jean Chiar,  Yvonne Pendleton,  Tom Kerr,  Janet Bowey,  Doug Whittet,  Mark Rawlings, 
CHAPTER 32
Thermal SiO observations of a shell attached to the nonthermal filaments in Sgr A (Pages: 217-221)
Toshihiro Handa,  Masaaki Sakano,  Masato Tsuboi, 
CHAPTER 33
Absorption and Emission in the Four Ground-State OH Lines Observed at 18 cm with the VLA Towards the Galactic Centre (Pages: 223-227)
R. Karlsson,  Aa. Sandqvist,  L. O. Sjouwerman,  J. B. Whiteoak, 
CHAPTER 34
Constraints on distances to Galactic Centre non-thermal filaments from HI absorption (Pages: 229-234)
Subhashis Roy, 
CHAPTER 35
Discovery of a non-thermal X-ray filament in the Galactic Centre (Pages: 235-239)
Masaaki Sakano,  Robert S. Warwick,  Anne Decourchelle, 
CHAPTER 36
High-negative velocities in the inner 25 pc of the Galactic center (Pages: 241-245)
Loránt O. Sjouwerman, 
CHAPTER 37
Really Cool Stars and the Star Formation History at the Galactic Center (Pages: 247-253)
Robert D. Blum,  Solange V. Ramírez,  Kristen Sellgren,  Knut Olsen, 
CHAPTER 38
Massive Stars and the Creation of our Galactic Center (Pages: 255-261)
Donald F. Figer, 
CHAPTER 39
The Galactic Center Source IRS 13E: a Star Cluster (Pages: 263-269)
Jean-Pierre Maillard,  Thibaut Paumard,  Susan Stolovy,  François Rigaut, 
CHAPTER 40
X-ray Emission from Stellar Clusters Near the Galactic Center (Pages: 271-277)
Casey Law,  Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, 
CHAPTER 41
Simulated X-ray emission from the Arches cluster (Pages: 279-284)
Pablo F. Velázquez,  Alejandro C. Raga,  Jorge Cantó,  Elena Masciadri,  Luis F. Rodríguez, 
CHAPTER 42
SiO Maser Sources within 30 pc of the Galactic Center (Pages: 285-291)
Shuji Deguchi,  Hiroshi Imai, 
CHAPTER 43
86 GHz SiO masing late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy (Pages: 293-297)
M. Messineo,  H. J. Habing,  L. O. Sjouwerman,  K. M. Menten,  A. Omont, 
CHAPTER 44
CNO Abundances in the Quintuplet Cluster M Supergiant 5–7 (Pages: 299-302)
S. V. Ramirez,  K. Sellgren,  R. Blum,  D. M. Terndrup, 
CHAPTER 45
New results on the Galactic Center Helium stars (Pages: 303-307)
Thibaut Paumard,  Jean-Pierre Maillard,  Susan Stolovy, 
CHAPTER 46
Ten Thousand Stars Toward the Galactic Center (Pages: 309-313)
François Rigaut,  Robert Blum,  Tim Davidge,  Angela Cotera, 
CHAPTER 47
Stellar Orbits at the Center of the Milky Way (Pages: 315-319)
N. Mouawad,  A. Eckart,  S. Pfalzner,  J. Moultaka,  C. Straubmeier,  R. Spurzem,  R. Schödel,  T. Ott, 
CHAPTER 48
Dynamical Friciton near the Galactic Center (Pages: 321-325)
Sungsoo S. Kim,  Donald F. Figer,  Mark Morris, 
CHAPTER 49
Near-infrared adaptive optics observations of the Galactic Center with NAOS/CONICA (ESO) and GriF (CFHT) (Pages: 327-331)
Y. Clénet,  D. Rouan,  F. Lacombe,  E. Gendron,  D. Gratadour, 
CHAPTER 50
Radio Pulsars in the Galactic Center (Pages: 333-336)
T. Joseph,  W. Lazio,  James M. Cordes,  Cornelia C. Lang,  Eric V. Gotthelf,  Q. Daniel Wang, 
CHAPTER 51
Review of low-mass X-ray binaries near the Galactic center (Pages: 337-341)
A. Lutovinov,  S. Grebenev,  S. Molkov,  R. Sunyaev, 
CHAPTER 52
Neutrons, neutrinos, and gamma-rays from the Galactic Center (Pages: 343-347)
W. Bednarek, 
CHAPTER 53
Linear and Circular Polarization from Sagittarius A (Pages: 349-354)
G. C. Bower, 
CHAPTER 54
Intrinsic Radio Variability of Sgr A (Pages: 355-361)
Jun-Hui Zhao, 
CHAPTER 55
Flares of Sagittarius A* at Short Millimeter Wavelengths (Pages: 363-369)
Atsushi Miyazaki,  Takahiro Tsutsumi,  Masato Tsuboi, 
CHAPTER 56
Limits on the Short Term Variability of Sagittarius A* in the Near-Infrared (Pages: 371-376)
S. D. Hornstein,  A. M. Ghez,  A. Tanner,  M. Morris,  E. E. Becklin, 
CHAPTER 57
A New X-Ray Flare from the Galactic Nucleus Detected with XMM-Newton (Pages: 377-382)
A. Goldwurm,  E. Brion,  P. Goldoni,  P. Ferrando,  F. Daigne,  A. Decourchelle,  R. S. Warwick,  P. Predehl, 
CHAPTER 58
Searching for Structural Variability in Sgr A* (Pages: 383-389)
Zhi-Qiang Shen,  M. C. Liang,  K. Y. Lo,  M. Miyoshi, 
CHAPTER 59
Observations of the Galactic Centre at 610 MHz with the GMRT (Pages: 391-395)
Subhashis Roy,  A. Pramesh Rao, 
CHAPTER 60
Closure Amplitude Analysis of 15, 22 and 43 GHz VLBA Observations of Sagittarius A*: Size is Consistent with the Scattering Law (Pages: 397-401)
G. C. Bower, 
CHAPTER 61
VLBA observation of a radio intraday flare of Sgr A (Pages: 403-406)
Makoto Miyoshi,  Hiroshi Imai,  Junichi Nakashima,  Shuji Deguchi,  Zhi-Qiang Shen, 
CHAPTER 62
A Chandra View of Diffuse X-Ray Emission in the Central 20 Parsecs of the Galaxy (Pages: 407-411)
Sangwook Park,  Frederick K. Baganoff,  Mark W. Bautz,  Gordon P. Garmire,  Yoshitomo Maeda,  Mark Morris,  Michael P. Muno, 
CHAPTER 63
Investigating the submillimetre variability of Sagittarius A* with SCUBA (Pages: 413-417)
Douglas Pierce-Price,  Tim Jenness,  John Richer,  Jane Greaves, 
CHAPTER 64
Near-Infrared Flux Limits for Sgr A* Based on NICMOS Data (Pages: 419-423)
Susan Stolovy,  Fulvio Melia,  Donald Mccarthy,  Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, 
CHAPTER 65
The wavelength dependence of Sgr A* size and the unified model of compact radio sources (Pages: 425-429)
Fedor Prigara, 
CHAPTER 66
Search for Circular Polarization toward Sagittarius A* at 100 GHz (Pages: 431-434)
M. Tsuboi,  H. Miyahara,  R. Nomura,  T. Kasuga,  A. Miyazaki, 
CHAPTER 67
Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flow Models of Sgr A* (Pages: 435-443)
Eliot Quataert, 
CHAPTER 68
Jet Models for Flaring in Sgr A* (Pages: 445-451)
Sera Markoff,  Heino Falcke, 
CHAPTER 69
A Jet-ADAF Model for Sgr A* (Pages: 453-458)
F. Yuan,  S. Markoff,  H. Falcke, 
CHAPTER 70
A model for polarised radio emission from Sgr A* (Pages: 459-465)
T. Beckert, 
CHAPTER 71
On the Chandra Detection of Diffuse X-Ray Emission from Sgr A* (Pages: 467-473)
M. E. Pessah,  F. Melia, 
CHAPTER 72
A Relativistic Disk in Sagittarius A* (Pages: 475-481)
Siming Liu,  Fulvio Melia, 
CHAPTER 73
The frozen (inactive) disk in Sgr A*: freezing the accretion of the hot gas too? (Pages: 483-489)
Sergei Nayakshin, 
CHAPTER 74
Gamma-ray emission from an ADAF around a Kerr black hole (Pages: 491-495)
Kazutaka Oka,  Tadahiro Manmoto, 
CHAPTER 75
The Discovery of Sgr A* (Pages: 497-504)
W. M. Goss,  Robert L. Brown,  K. Y. Lo, 
CHAPTER 76
The Position, Motion, and Mass of Sgr A* (Pages: 505-511)
Mark J. Reid,  Karl M. Menten,  Reinhard Genzel,  Thomas Ott,  Rainer Schödel,  Andreas Brunthaler, 
CHAPTER 77
Tidal processes very near the black hole in the Galactic Center (Pages: 513-519)
Tal Alexander, 
CHAPTER 78
New MIR Excess Sources north of the IRS 13 Complex* (Pages: 521-526)
A. Eckart,  J. Moultaka,  T. Viehmann,  C. Straubmeier,  N. Mouawad,  R. Genzel,  T. Ott,  R. Schödel, 
CHAPTER 79
Full Three Dimensional Orbits for Multiple Stars on Close Approaches to the Central Supermassive Black Hole (Pages: 527-533)
A. M. Ghez,  E. Becklin,  G. Duchéne,  S. Hornstein,  M. Morris,  S. Salim,  A. Tanner, 
CHAPTER 80
The Galactic Center stellar cluster: The central arcsecond* (Pages: 535-541)
R. Schödel,  R. Genzel,  T. Ott,  A. Eckart, 
CHAPTER 81
Stellar Dynamics in the Galactic Center: 1000 Stars in 100 Nights (Pages: 543-549)
Thomas Ott,  Reinhard Genzel,  Andreas Eckart,  Rainer Schödel, 
CHAPTER 82
A Bow Shock of Heated Dust Surrounding IRS 8 (Pages: 551-555)
F. Rigaut,  T. R. Geballe,  J.-R. Roy,  B. T. Draine, 
CHAPTER 83
Monitoring Sagittarius A* in the MIR with the VLT* (Pages: 557-561)
A. Eckart,  J. Moultaka,  T. Viehmann,  C. Straubmeier,  N. Mouawad,  R. Genzel,  T. Ott,  R. Schödel,  F. K. Baganoff,  M. R. Morris, 
CHAPTER 84
The magnetic field in the central parsec (Pages: 563-566)
A. C. H. Glasse,  D. K. Aitken,  P. F. Roche, 
CHAPTER 85
Mid-Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopic Observations of the Galactic Center with Subaru/COMICS (Pages: 567-571)
Y. Okada,  T. Onaka,  T. Miyata,  H. Kataza,  Y. K. Okamoto,  S. Sako,  M. Honda,  T. Yamashita,  T. Fujiyoshi, 
CHAPTER 86
Physical Conditions in the Central Parsec Modeled from Mid-Infrared Imaging Photometry (Pages: 573-576)
Dan Gezari,  Eli Dwek,  Frank Varosi, 
CHAPTER 87
LINC/NIRVANA – The LBT Near-Infrared Interferometric Camera (Pages: 577-581)
C. Straubmeier,  A. Eckart,  T. Bertram,  T. Herbst, 
CHAPTER 88
Hot Molecular Gas in the Central 10 Parsecs of the Galaxy (Pages: 583-589)
R. M. Herrnstein,  P. T. P. Ho, 
CHAPTER 89
The ISM and Stellar Distributions Near Sgr A* (Pages: 591-596)
Nick Scoville,  Susan R. Stolovy,  Micol Christopher, 
CHAPTER 90
Resolving the Northern Arm Sources at the Galactic Center (Pages: 597-603)
Angelle M. Tanner,  A. M. Ghez,  M. Morris,  E. E. Becklin, 
CHAPTER 91
Structural analysis of the Minispiral from high-resolution Brγ data (Pages: 605-612)
Thibaut Paumard,  Jean-Pierre Maillard,  Mark Morris, 
CHAPTER 92
Gas physics and dynamics in the central 50 pc of the Galaxy (Pages: 613-619)
B. Vollmer,  W. J. Duschl,  R. Zylka, 
CHAPTER 93
The First Measurement of Radial Acceleration of Ionized Gas Near Sagittarius A* (Pages: 621-627)
Doug Roberts,  Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, 
CHAPTER 94
Simple hydrodynamical Simulations of the Circumnuclear Disk (Pages: 629-634)
Robert F. Coker,  Michol H. Christopher,  Susan R. Stolovy,  Nick Z. Scoville,