Galactic Centre science with an ELT

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

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. -., …Rousset, G. (2010). Galactic Centre science with an ELT. In 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