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abstract: 'Classical Cepheids are useful tracers of the Galactic young stellar population because their distances and ages can be determined from their period-luminosity and period-age relations. In addition, the radial velocities and chemical abundance of the Cepheids can be derived from spectroscopic observations, providing further insights into the structure and evolution of the Galaxy. Here, we report the radial velocities of classical Cepheids near the Galactic Center, three of which were reported in 2011, the other reported for the first time. The velocities of these Cepheids suggest that the stars orbit within the Nuclear Stellar Disk, a group of stars and interstellar matter occupying a region of $\sim 200$ pc around the Center, although the three-dimensional velocities cannot be determined until the proper motions are known. According to our simulation, these four Cepheids formed within the Nuclear Stellar Disk like younger stars and stellar clusters therein.'
author:
- 'Noriyuki Matsunaga, Kei Fukue, Ryo Yamamoto, Naoto Kobayashi, Laura Inno, Katia Genovali, Giuseppe Bono, Junichi Baba, Michiko S. Fujii, Sohei Kondo, Yuji Ikeda, Satoshi Hamano, Shogo Nishiyama, Tetsuya Nagata, Wako Aoki, and Takuji Tsujimoto'
title: Kinematics of classical Cepheids in the Nuclear Stellar Disk
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Introduction
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The Galactic Center comprises 