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[en] We present radio images within 30″ of Sgr A* based on recent VLA observations at 34 GHz with 7.8 μJy sensitivity and resolution of mas. We report 44 partially resolved compact sources clustered in two regions in the E arm of ionized gas that orbits Sgr A*. These sources have size scales ranging between ∼50 and 200 mas (400–1600 AUs), and a bow-shock appearance facing the direction of Sgr A*. Unlike the bow-shock sources previously identified in the near-IR but associated with massive stars, these 34 GHz sources do not appear to have near-IR counterparts at 3.8 μm. We interpret these sources as a candidate population of photoevaporative protoplanetary disks (proplyds) that are associated with newly formed low mass stars with mass loss rates yr−1 and are located at the edge of a molecular cloud outlined by ionized gas. The disks are externally illuminated by strong Lyman continuum radiation from the ∼100 OB and WR massive stars distributed within 10″ of Sgr A*. The presence of proplyds implies current in situ star formation activity near Sgr A* and opens a window for the first time to study low mass star, planetary, and brown dwarf formations near a supermassive black hole.
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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L26; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Astrophysical Journal Letters; ISSN 2041-8205;
; v. 801(2); [7 p.]

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