Massive stars in the Galactic center

The UV/optical obscured Galactic Center (GC) has recently become an active region for research with the advent of powerfull new IR instruments. Within 30pc of the Galactic center surprisingly young and massive stellar cluster have been found. This talk will focus on the importance of massive stars, especially Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars, in the cosmic recycling process. Furthermore, I will present new PoWR analyses of the WR stars in the Quintuplet cluster based on near-infrared observations.
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