Traversing the Galactic Centre in space and time

arXiv:2606.24706 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-06-23 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-06-23

Updated: 2026-09-15

Comments: 7 pages, 2 figures, concise meeting report of the Galactic Center workshop 2026 (IAU Symposium 405, https://gc2026.muni.cz/)

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Central Molecular Zone — 4× in this paper
• Nuclear Star Cluster — 3× in this paper
• AGN — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Nuclear Stellar Disc — 1× in this paper
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) I: Overview

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