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SOFIA/FORCAST Galactic Center Legacy Survey: Overview
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WoS WOS:000533883000001
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85085308055
DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/AB7C5D
Año 2020
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Abstract



The Galactic Center contains some of the most extreme conditions for star formation in our Galaxy, as well as many other phenomena that are unique to this region. Given our relative proximity to the Galactic Center, we are able to study details of physical processes to a level that is simply not yet possible for more distant galaxies, yielding an otherwise inaccessible view of the nuclear region of a galaxy. We recently carried out a targeted imaging survey of mid-infrared bright portions of the Galactic Center at 25 and 37 mu m using the FORCAST instrument on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). This survey was one of the inaugural Legacy Programs from SOFIA cycle 7, observing a total area of 403 arcmin(2) (2180 pc(2)), including the Sgr A, B, and C complexes. Here we present an overview of the survey strategy, observations, and data reduction as an accompaniment to the initial public release of the survey data. We discuss interesting regions and features within the data, including extended features near the circumnuclear disk, structures in the Arched Filaments and Sickle H ii regions, and signs of embedded star formation in Sgr B2 and Sgr C. We also feature a handful of less well studied mid-infrared sources located between Sgr A and Sgr C that could be sites of relatively isolated star formation activity. Last, we discuss plans for subsequent publications and future data releases from the survey.

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Astrophysical Journal 0004-637X

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Autores - Afiliación



Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Hankins, M. Hombre CALTECH - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology Division of Engineering and Applied Science - Estados Unidos
2 Lau, Ryan M. Hombre Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy - Japón
3 Radomski, James T. Hombre NASA - Estados Unidos
NASA Ames Research Center - Estados Unidos
4 Cotera, Angela S. Mujer SETI Inst - Estados Unidos
SETI Institute - Estados Unidos
5 Morriss, M. R. Hombre UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES - Estados Unidos
University of California, Los Angeles - Estados Unidos
6 Mills, Elisabeth A. C. Mujer UNIV KANSAS - Estados Unidos
University of Kansas, Lawrence - Estados Unidos
University of Kansas - Estados Unidos
7 Walker, Daniel L. Hombre Natl Astron Observ Japan - Japón
Atacama Large Millimeter Array - Chile
National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Japón
Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array - Chile
8 Barnes, A. T. Mujer UNIV BONN - Alemania
Universität Bonn - Alemania
9 Simpson, Janet P. Mujer SETI Inst - Estados Unidos
SETI Institute - Estados Unidos
10 Herter, Terry Hombre CORNELL UNIV - Estados Unidos
Cornell University - Estados Unidos
11 Longmore, S. N. Hombre Liverpool John Moores Univ - Reino Unido
Liverpool John Moores University - Reino Unido
12 Bally, John Hombre UNIV COLORADO - Estados Unidos
University of Colorado Boulder - Estados Unidos
13 Kasliwal, M. M. - CALTECH - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology Division of Engineering and Applied Science - Estados Unidos
14 Sabha, N. - Univ Innsbruck - Austria
University of Innsbruck - Austria
Universität Innsbruck - Austria
15 Garcia-Marin, Macarena Mujer European Space Agcy - Estados Unidos
European Space Agency - ESA - Francia

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We thank the anonymous referee for their comments that improved the quality of this paper. Additionally, we thank the USRA Science and Mission Ops teams and the entire SOFIA staff for making this survey possible. In particular, we thank Mike Gordon and Jim De Buizer, who helped to support our observations. Additionally, we thank the many people who have worked on FORCAST over the years, including but not limited to George Gull, Justin Schoenwald, Chuck Henderson, Joe Adams, and Andrew Helton. Financial support for this work was provided by NASA through award number NNA17BF53C issued by USRA. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. AST-1813765. A.T.B. would like to acknowledge the funding provided from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 726384).

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