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### Complex small-scale structure in the infrared extinction towards the Galactic Centre

Abstract:

A high level of complex structure, or granularity'', has been observed in the distribution of infrared-obscuring material towards the Galactic Centre (GC), with a characteristic scale of 5arcsec - 15arcsec, corresponding to 0.2 - 0.6pc at a GC distance of 8.5kpc. This structure has been observed in ISAAC images which have a resolution of 0.6arcsec, significantly higher than that of previous studies of the GC. We have discovered granularity throughout the GC survey region, which covers an ...

Publication status:
Published

Publisher copy:
10.1086/503545

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Oxford, MPLS, Physics, Astrophysics
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University of Oxford
Department:
Oxford, MPLS, Physics, Astrophysics
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Publisher:
Institute of Physics Publishing Publisher's website
Journal:
Astrophys.J.
Volume:
640
Issue:
2
Pages:
L171-L174
Publication date:
2006-02-17
DOI:
EISSN:
1538-4357
ISSN:
0004-637X
URN:
uuid:c9ea2a67-4147-4c85-bc81-33487183f4bc
Source identifiers:
3799
Local pid:
pubs:3799
Language:
English
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