Session 109. Galactic Center and Milky Way Formation

Oral, Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 10:00-11:30am, Jefferson East

109.01 UMass/Columbia Galactic Center Chandra Survey: The Nature of the X-ray Emission from the Galactic Central Region\\

Q. D. Wang (U. of Massachusetts), E. V. Gotthelf (Columbia U.), C. C. Lang (U. of Massachusetts)

109.02 An X-ray Gas Associated with the Galactic Center Radio Arc

F. Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern U.), C. Law (CfA), M. Wardle (U. of Sydney)

109.03 Mapping Magnetic Fields in Dust Clouds at the Galactic Center

D. T. Chuss, G. Novak (Northwestern University), R. H. Hildebrand (University of Chicago), J. E. Vaillancourt (University of Wisconsin), C. D. Dowell (Caltech), J. L. Dotson, J. A. Davidson (NASA Ames)

109.04 The Submillimeter Array Observations of Sagittarius A*: I. Flares at 1~Millimeter from The Supermassive Black Hole at The Galactic Center

J.-H. Zhao, K.H. Young, R.S. McGary, P.T.P. Ho, T. Tsutsumi (CfA), W. M. Goss (NRAO), G. C. Bower (UC Berkeley), SMA Team

109.05 Galactic Archaeology: The Chemical Composition of a Fossil Stellar Stream

I. I. Ivans (Univ. of Texas at Austin)

109.06 Starcounts, Outer Halo Clusters and the Formation of the Milky Way

M. H. Siegel (UVa, STScI)