Our Galactic Center - A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes

Our Galactic Center - A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes

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Our Galactic Center - A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Two Big Picture Perspectives
  3. 3 Several Advances Made Measurements of Stellar Orbits Possible
  4. 4 Introduced Spectroscopy
  5. 5 SO-2 Dominates our knowledge of the Central Potential
  6. 6 Provides Strongest Case for Existence of a Supermassive Black
  7. 7 SO-2 Offers Direct Test of General Relativity near a Super Massive Black Hole
  8. 8 SO-2 First Star to Go Through GC Periapse with Full Orbital Phase Coverage
  9. 9 SO-2 Went Through Closest Approach This Past Summer
  10. 10 Understanding Systematics is Critical for this Precision Measurement
  11. 11 Another Potential Source of Systematics for Redshift is Hidden Companion
  12. 12 Galactic Center Has Taught us to Expect the Unexpected
  13. 13 G2 May be a Black Hole Driven Binary Star Merger
  14. 14 Can Stellar Binary Systems Explain our Other Unexpected Results?

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