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Mid‐Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopic Observations of the Galactic Center with Subaru/COMICS
Author(s) -
Okada Y.,
Onaka T.,
Miyata T.,
Kataza H.,
Okamoto Y. K.,
Sako S.,
Honda M.,
Yamashita T.,
Fujiyoshi T.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200385079
Subject(s) - subaru telescope , infrared , physics , astrophysics , extinction (optical mineralogy) , imaging spectrometer , galactic center , spectrometer , infrared telescope , absorption (acoustics) , astronomy , spectral line , infrared spectroscopy , silicate , telescope , optics , galaxy , quantum mechanics , spectrograph
We report the results of mid‐infrared (7.8 μ m–13.2 μ m) high‐spatial resolution imaging and spectroscopic observations of the Galactic center region with the Cooled Mid‐Infrared Camera and Spectrometer (COMICS) on the Subaru telescope. The images clearly show bright infrared sources and small structures in the diffuse emission. The spectra of all the observed positions show the 9.7 μ m silicate absorption feature. After corrected for the empirically‐derived extinction, the intrinsic spectra of the infrared sources show either strong silicate emission or absorption, while the intrinsic diffuse emission has a power‐law type spectrum. This difference indicates a possibility of dust processing due to the interaction between the infrared sources and their surrounding medium or a different origin of the dust grains surrounding the sources from those in the diffuse region.