Star Formation in the Galactic Center
  Research on Galactic Center star formation is making great advances, in particular due to new data from interferometers spatially resolving molecular clouds in this environment. These new results are discussed in the context of established knowledge about the Galactic Center. Particular attention is paid to suppressed star formation in the Galactic Center and how it might result from shallow density gradients in molecular clouds. 
Jens Kauffmann (1) ((1) Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Radioastronomie)
astro-ph.GA