What is limiting near-infrared astrometry in the Galactic Center? (2009)
Fritz, Tobias K., Gillessen, Stefan, Trippe, Sascha, Ott, Thomas, Bartko, Hendrik, Pfuhl, Oliver, ...
We systematically investigate the error sources for high-precision astrometry from adaptive optics based near-infrared imaging data. We focus on the application in the crowded stellar field in the...
The SINS Survey: Broad Emission Lines in High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies (2009)
Shapiro, Kristen L., Genzel, Reinhard, Quataert, Eliot, Förster Schreiber, Natascha M., Davies, Richard, Tacconi, Linda, ...
High signal-to-noise, representative spectra of star-forming galaxies at z ~ 2, obtained via stacking, reveal a high-velocity component underneath the narrow Hα and [NII] emission lines. When...
Training of Instrumentalists and Development of New Technologies on SOFIA (2009)
Erickson, Edwin F., Allamandola, Louis J., Baluteau, Jean-Paul, Becklin, Eric E., Bjoraker, Gordon, Burton, Michael, ...
This white paper is submitted to the Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010 Decadal Survey (Astro2010)1 Committee on the State of the Profession to emphasize the potential of the Stratospheric Observatory...
Bell, Eric, Davis, Marc, Dey, Arjun, Van Dokkum, Pieter, Ellis, Richard, Eisenstein, Daniel, ...
Over the last decade optical spectroscopic surveys have characterized the low redshift galaxy population and uncovered populations of star-forming galaxies back to z ~ 7. This work has shown that the...
The SINS Survey: Broad H-alpha Emission in High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies (2009)
Shapiro, Kristen L., Genzel, Reinhard, Quataert, Eliot, Schreiber, Natascha M. Förster, Davies, Richard, Tacconi, Linda, ...
High signal-to-noise, representative spectra of star-forming galaxies at z~2, obtained via stacking of the galaxies observed in the context of the SINS survey, reveal broad (FWHM > 1500 km/s) H-alpha...
Star-Forming Galaxies at z~2: An Emerging Picture of Galaxy Dynamics and Assembly (2009)
Shapiro, Kristen L., Genzel, Reinhard, Bouché, Nicolas, Buschkamp, Peter, Cresci, Giovanni, Davies, Ric, ...
In these proceedings, we summarize recent results from our "SINS" VLT/SINFONI integral-field survey, focusing on the 52 detected UV/optically-selected star-forming galaxies at z~2. Our H-alpha...
The need for a general purpose diffraction limited imager at the VLT (2009)
Ott, Thomas, Davies, Richard, Eisenhauer, Frank, Genzel, Reinhard, Hofmann, Reiner, Gillessen, Stefan
The SINS survey: broad emission lines in high-redshift star-forming galaxies (2009)
Shapiro, Kristen L., Genzel, Reinhard, Quataert, Eliot, Förster Schreiber, Natascha M., Davies, Richard, Tacconi, Linda, ...
Shapiro, Kristen L., Genzel, Reinhard, Schreiber, Natascha M. Förster, Tacconi, Linda J., Bouché, Nicolas, Cresci, Giovanni, ...
We present a simple set of kinematic criteria that can distinguish between galaxies dominated by ordered rotational motion and those involved in major merger events. Our criteria are based on the...
Shapiro, Kirsten L., Genzel, Reinhard, Förster Schreiber, Natascha M., Tacconi, Linda J., Bouché, Nicolas, Cresci, Giovanni, ...
Schweitzer, Mario, Poglitsch, Albrecht, Raab, Walfried, Klein, Randolf, Hönle, Rainer, Geis, Norbert, ...
Schweitzer, Mario, Poglitsch, Albrecht, Raab, Walfried, Klein, Randolf, Hönle, Rainer, Geis, Norbert, ...
Genel, Shy, Genzel, Reinhard, Bouché, Nicolas, Sternberg, Amiel, Naab, Thorsten, Förster Schreiber, Natascha M., ...
Schweitzer, Mario, Poglitsch, Albrecht, Raab, Walfried, Klein, Randolf, Hönle, Rainer, Geis, Norbert, ...
FIFI-LS is a Field-Imaging Line Spectrometer designed for the SOFIA airborne observatory. The instrument will operate in the far infrared (FIR) wavelength range from 42 to 210 mum. Two spectrometers...
Stellar and wind properties of massive stars in the central parsec of the Galaxy (2007)
Martins, Fabrice, Genzel, Reinhard, Eisenhauer, Frank, Paumard, Thibaut, Ott, Thomas, Trippe, Sascha, ...
Weighing the young stellar discs around Sgr A* (2006)
Nayakshin, Sergei, Dehnen, Walter, Cuadra, Jorge, Genzel, Reinhard
Weighing the young stellar discs around Sgr A* (2006)
Nayakshin, Sergei, Dehnen, Walter, Cuadra, Jorge, Genzel, Reinhard
Clockwise stellar disk and the dark mass in the galactic center (2006)
Beloborodov, Andrei M., Levin, Yuri, Eisenhauer, Frank, Genzel, Reinhard, Paumard, Thibaut, Gillessen, Stefan, ...
Design of the KMOS multi-object integral field spectrograph (2006)
Sharples, Ray, Bender, Ralf, Bennett, Richard, Burch, Keith, Carter, Paul, Casali, Mark, ...
Design of the KMOS multi-object integral field spectrograph (2006)
Sharples, Ray, Bender, Ralf, Bennett, Richard, Burch, Keith, Carter, Paul, Casali, Mark, ...
Stellar and wind properties of massive stars in the central parsec of the galaxy (2006)
Martins, Fabrice, Genzel, Reinhard, Eisenhauer, Frank, Paumard, Thibaut, Ott, Thomas, Gillessen, Stefan, ...
KMOS: a multi-object deployable-IFU spectrometer for the ESO VLT (2006)
Sharples, Ray, Bender, Ralf, Bennett, Richard, Burch, Keith, Carter, Paul, Clark, Paul, ...
The SINS survey: rotation curves and dynamical evolution of distant galaxies with SINFONI (2006)
Förster Schreiber, Natascha M., Genzel, Reinhard, Eisenhauer, Frank, Lehnert, Matthew D., Tacconi, Linda J., Nesvadba, Nicole, ...
Eckart, Andreas, Schödel, Rainer, Meyer, Leonhard, Muzic, Koraljka, Pott, Jörg-Uwe, Moultaka, Jihane, ...
Eckart, Andreas, Schödel, Rainer, Meyer, Leonhard, Trippe, Sascha, Ott, Thomas, Genzel, Reinhard, ...
The galactic centre: from SINFONI to GRAVITY (2006)
Paumard, Thibaut, Eisenhauer, Frank, Genzel, Reinhard, Rabien, Sebastian, Gillessen, Stefan, Martins, Fabrice, ...
Weighing the young stellar discs around Sgr A* (2005)
Nayakshin, Sergei, Dehnen, Walter, Cuadra, Jorge, Genzel, Reinhard
It is believed that young massive stars orbiting Sgr A* in two stellar discs on scales of 0.1-0.2 parsecs were formed either farther out in the Galaxy and then quickly migrated inward, or in situ in...
Probing Post-Newtonian Gravity near the Galactic Black Hole with Stellar Doppler Measurements (2005)
Zucker, Shay, Alexander, Tal, Gillessen, Stefan, Eisenhauer, Frank, Genzel, Reinhard
Stars closely approaching the massive black hole in the center of the Galaxy provide a unique opportunity to probe post-Newtonian physics in a yet unexplored regime of celestial mechanics. Recent...
Genzel, Reinhard, Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Lutz, Dieter, Cox, Pierre, Guilloteau, Stephane, ...
We report high-resolution millimeter mapping with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer of rest-frame 335 micron continuum and CO(3-2) line emission from the z=2.8 submillimeter galaxy...
Star-formation in NGC 4038/4039 from broad- and narrow band photometry: Cluster Destruction? (2005)
Mengel, Sabine, Lehnert, Matthew D., Thatte, Niranjan, Genzel, Reinhard
Accurately determining the star formation history in NGC 4038/4039 -- ``The Antennae'' is hampered by extinction. We therefore used near infrared images obtained with ISAAC at the VLT and with SOFI...
Survey of a wide area with NACO (SWAN): cosmology near the VLT`s diffraction limit (2005)
Baker, Andrew J., Davies, Richard I., Lehnert, Matthew D., Genzel, Reinhard, Hofmann, Reiner, Rabien, Sebastian, ...
Nuclear dynamics and star formation of AGN (2005)
Davies, Richard, Tacconi, Linda, Genzel, Reinhard, Thatte, Niranjan
Inward bound: high resolution AO observations of the galactic center (2005)
Genzel, Reinhard, Ott, Thomas, Eckart, Andreas, Schödel, Reiner, Alexander, Tal
Surveying the high-redshift universe with KMOS (2005)
Sharples, Ray, Bender, Ralf, Bennett, Richard, Burch, Keith, Carter, Paul, Casali, Mark, ...
Surveying the high-redshift universe with KMOS (2005)
Sharples, Ray, Bender, Ralf, Bennett, Richard, Burch, Keith, Carter, Paul, Casali, Mark, ...
The dynamics and evolution of luminous galaxy mergers: ISAAC spectroscopy of ULIRGs (2005)
Tacconi, Linda J., Dasyra, Kalliopi, Davies, Richard, Genzel, Reinhard, Lutz, Dieter, Burkert, Andreas, ...
New observing modes of NACO (2005)
Kasper, Markus, Ageorges, Nancy, Boccaletti, Anthony, Brandner, Wolfgang, Close, Laird M., Davies, Ric, ...
VLTI observations of IRS 3: the brightest compact MIR source at the galactic centre (2005)
Pott, Jörg-Uwe, Eckart, Andreas, Glindemann, Andreas, Viehmann, Thomas, Schödel, Rainer, Straubmeier, Christian, ...
First science with SINFONI (2005)
Gillessen, Stefan, Davies, Ric, Kissler-Patig, Markus, Lehnert, Matthew, Van Der Werf, Paul, Nowak, Nina, ...
First science with SINFONI (2005)
Gillessen, Stefan, Davies, Ric, Kissler-Patig, Markus, Lehnert, Matthew, Van Der Werf, Paul, Nowak, Nina, ...
A Compact Starburst Core in the Dusty Lyman Break Galaxy Westphal-MD11 (2004)
Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Genzel, Reinhard, Lutz, Dieter, Lehnert, Matthew D.
Using the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer, we have searched for CO(3-2) emission from the dusty Lyman break galaxy Westphal-MD11 at z = 2.98. Our sensitive upper limit is surprisingly low...
Molecular gas in the lensed Lyman break galaxy cB58 (2004)
Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Genzel, Reinhard, Lehnert, Matthew, Lutz, Dieter
A compact starburst core in the dusty Lyman break galaxy Westphal-MD11 (2004)
Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Genzel, Reinhard, Lutz, Dieter, Lehnert, Matthew D.
On-sky performance of SPIFFI: the integral field spectrometer for SINFONI at the VLT (2004)
Iserlohe, Christof, Tecza, Matthias, Eisenhauer, Frank, Genzel, Reinhard, Thatte, Niranjan, Abuter, Roberto, ...
Using adaptive optics to probe the dynamics and star formation in active galactic nuclei (2004)
Davies, Richard, Tacconi, Linda, Genzel, Reinhard, Ott, Thomas, Rabien, S.
First light of SINFONI at the VLT (2004)
Bonnet, Henri, Abuter, Robert, Baker, Andrew, Bornemann, Walter, Brown, Anthony, Castillo, Roberto, ...
First light of SINFONI at the VLT (2004)
Bonnet, Henri, Abuter, Roberto, Baker, Andrew, Bornemann, Walter, Brown, Anthony, Castillo, Roberto, ...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clénet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clénet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, Francois, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clenet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
Molecular Gas in the Lensed Lyman Break Galaxy cB58 (2003)
Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Genzel, Reinhard, Lehnert, Matthew D., Lutz, Dieter
We have used the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer to map CO(3-2) emission from the gravitationally lensed Lyman break galaxy MS1512-cB58. This is the first detection of a molecular emission line...
A mid-infrared spectroscopic survey of starburst galaxies: excitation and abundances (2003)
Verma, Aprajita, Lutz, Dieter, Sturm, Eckhard, Sternberg, Amiel, Genzel, Reinhard, Vacca, William
We present spectroscopy of MIR emission lines in twelve starburst regions, located in eleven starburst galaxies, for which a significant number of lines between 2.38 and 45micron were observed with...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clénet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
Genzel, Reinhard, Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Lutz, Dieter, Cox, Pierre, Guilloteau, Stephane, ...
We report high-resolution millimeter mapping with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer of rest-frame 335 mum continuum and CO (3-2) line emission from the z = 2.8 submillimeter galaxy SMM...
Studying the dynamics of star forming and IR luminous with infrared spectroscopy (2003)
Genzel, Reinhard, Tacconi, Linda J., Barden, Marco, Lehnert, Matthew D., Lutz, Dieter, Rigopoulou, Dimitra, ...
Kinematics of ISOCAM selected star-forming galaxies at z~1 in Hubbel deep field south (2003)
Rigopoulou, Dimitra, Franceschini, Alberto, Genzel, Reinhard, Thatte, Niranjan
M 82 : starburst Rossetta stone (2003)
Förster Schreiber, Natascha M., Genzel, Reinhard, Lutz, Dieter, Sternberg, Amiel
Star close to the massive black hole at center of the Milky Way (2003)
Mouawad, Nelly, Eckart, Andreas, Pfalzner, Susanne, Straubmeier, Christian, Spurzem, Rainer, Genzel, Reinhard, ...
SINFONI: integral field spectroscopy at 50-milli-arcsecond resolution with the ESO VLT (2003)
Eisenhauer, Frank, Bonnet, Henri, Abuter, Roberto, Bickert, Klaus, Binca-Marchet, Fabio, Brynnel, Joar, ...
A MIR spectroscopic survey of starburst galaxies (2003)
Verma, Aprajita, Lutz, Dieter, Sturm, Eckhard, Sternberg, Amiel, Genzel, Reinhard
The position, motion, and mass of Sgr A* (2003)
Reid, Mark J., Menten, Karl M., Genzel, Reinhard, Ott, Thomas, Schödel, Rainer, Brunthaler, Andreas
Stellar dynamics in the galactic center: 1000 stars in 100 nights (2003)
Ott, Thomas, Genzel, Reinhard, Eckhardt, Andreas, Schödel, Rainer
Dynamical masses of young star clusters in interacting galaxies (2003)
Mengel, Sabine, Lehnert, Matt D., Thatte, Niranjan A., Genzel, Reinhard
FIFI LS: A far-infared 3D spectral imager for SOFIA (2003)
Looney, Leslie W., Raab, Walfried, Poglitsch, Albrecht, Geis, Norbert, Rosenthal, Dirk, Hoenle, Rainer, ...
SINFONI - Integral field spectroscopy at 50 milli-arcsecond resolution with the ESO VLT (2003)
Eisenhauer, Frank, Abuter, Roberto, Bickert, Klaus, Biancat-Marchet, Fabio, Bonnet, Henri, Brynnel, Joar, ...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clénet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
Genzel, Reinhard, Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Lutz, Dieter, Cox, Pierre, Guilloteau, Stephane, ...
We report high-resolution millimeter mapping with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer of rest-frame 335 micron continuum and CO(3-2) line emission from the z=2.8 submillimeter galaxy...
Studying the Dynamics of Star Forming and IR Luminous Galaxies with Infrared Spectroscopy (2002)
Genzel, Reinhard, Tacconi, Linda J., Barden, Marco, Lehnert, Matthew D., Lutz, Dieter, Rigopoulou, Dimitra, ...
With the advent of efficient near-IR spectrometers on 10m-class telescopes, exploiting the new generation of low readout noise, large format detectors, OH avoidance and sub-arcsecond seeing, 1-2.4...
Genzel, Reinhard, Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Lutz, Dieter, Cox, Pierre, Guilloteau, Stephane, ...
We report high-resolution millimeter mapping with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer of rest-frame 335 micron continuum and CO(3-2) line emission from the z=2.8 submillimeter galaxy...
Genzel, Reinhard, Baker, Andrew J., Tacconi, Linda J., Lutz, Dieter, Cox, Pierre, Guilloteau, Stephane, ...
We report high-resolution millimeter mapping with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer of rest-frame 335 micron continuum and CO(3-2) line emission from the z=2.8 submillimeter galaxy...
Far Infrared Heterodyne Detection with Gallium Doped Germanium Photoconductors. (2002)
Townes,Charles H., Genzel,Reinhard
This contract has been directed at the examination of the bandwidth and sensitivity of semiconducting heterodyne detectors for far infrared radiation (FIR). Germanium detectors variously doped with...
IFS and IR observations of star clusters in the Antennae (2002)
Mengel, Sabine, Lehnert, Matthew D., Thatte, Niranjan, Genzel, Reinhard
Over the past decade, it has become clear that interaction induced formation of compact young star clusters is a ubiquitous pheonomenon, and the understanding of this process is thought to also shed...
Hidden broad line regions and the state of the obscuring matter (2002)
Lutz, Dieter, Sturm, Eckhard, Genzel, Reinhard, Maiolino, Roberto, Moorwood, Alan, Netzer, Hagai, ...
A mid-infrared spectroscopic survey of active galactic nuclei (2002)
Sturm, Eckhard, Lutz, Dieter, Genzel, Reinhard, Verma, Aprajita, Netzer, Hagai, Sternberg, Amiel, ...
Dynamical Masses of Young Star Clusters in NGC 4038/4039 (2001)
Mengel, Sabine, Lehnert, Matthew D., Thatte, Niranjan, Genzel, Reinhard
In order to estimate the masses of the compact, young star clusters in the merging galaxy pair, NGC 4038/4039 (``the Antennae''), we have obtained medium and high resolution spectroscopy using ISAAC...
K-band Spectroscopy of Clusters in NGC 4038/4039 (2000)
Mengel, Sabine, Lehnert, Matthew D., Thatte, Niranjan, Tacconi-Garman, Lowell E., Genzel, Reinhard
Integral field spectroscopy in the K-band (1.9-2.4um) was performed on four IR-bright star clusters and the two nuclei in NGC 4038/4039 (``The Antennae''). Two of the clusters are located in the...
The Nuclear Star Cluster of the Milky Way: Star Formation, Dynamics and Central Black Hole (2000)
High spatial resolution, near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy of the nuclear star cluster have given key new insights about the dynamics, evolution and mass distribution in the Milky Way Center....
Extragalactic Results from the Infrared Space Observatory (2000)
Genzel, Reinhard, Cesarsky, Catherine J.
More than a decade ago the IRAS satellite opened the realm of external galaxies for studies in the 10 to 100 micron band and discovered emission from tens of thousands of normal and active galaxies....
Infrared spectroscopy of NGC 1068: Probing the obscured ionizing AGN continuum (2000)
Alexander, Tal, Lutz, Dieter, Sturm, Eckhard, Genzel, Reinhard, Sternberg, Amiel, Netzer, Hagai
The ISO-SWS 2.5-45 um infrared spectroscopic observations of the nucleus of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068 (see companion paper) are combined with a compilation of UV to IR narrow emission line data...
Near infrared imaging spectroscopy of NGC1275 (2000)
Krabbe, Alfred, Sams III, Bruce J., Genzel, Reinhard, Thatte, Niranjan, Prada, Francisco
We present H and K band imaging spectroscopy of the core regions of the cD/AGN galaxy NGC1275. The spectra, including lines from H2, H, 12CO bandheads, [FeII], and [FeIII], are exploited to constrain...
The Sgr A* Stellar Cluster: New NIR Imaging and Spectroscopy (1999)
Eckart, Andreas, Ott, Thomas, Genzel, Reinhard
We report preliminary results based on new near-infrared observations of the central stellar cluster of our Galaxy conducted with the infrared spectrometer ISAAC at the ESO VLT UT1 and the MPE...
Infrared spectroscopy of NGC4151: Probing the obscured ionizing AGN continuum (1998)
Alexander, Tal, Sturm, Eckhard, Lutz, Dieter, Sternberg, Amiel, Netzer, Hagai, Genzel, Reinhard
The ISO-SWS infrared spectroscopic observations of the nucleus of Seyfert galaxy NGC4151, which are described in a companion paper, are used together with a compilation of UV to IR narrow emission...
Colliding Winds in the Stellar Core at the Galactic Center: Some Implications (1997)
Ozernoy, Leonid M., Genzel, Reinhard, Usov, Vladimir V.
We point out that a high number density of stars in the core of a dense star cluster such as the central stellar cluster at the Galactic center, where many stars possess strong stellar winds, should...
First results from FANATIC: a new 690 GHz SIS receiver (1994)
Harris, Andrew, Tacconi, Linda, Schuster, Karl, Genzel, Reinhard
Beobachtung von H₂O-Masern in Gebieten von OB-Sternenstehung / (1978)
Thesis (Doctoral)--Rheinischen Friedrichs-Wilhelms-universität zu Bonn, 1978.