Our knowledge of the environment of the nucleus of our galaxy has been greatly enhanced, by more extensive and sensitive observations at radio and infrared wavelengths, the advent of high resolution x-ray imaging and spectroscopy, and considerable theoretical activity to understand the nucleus and its components, and their activity. The Galactic Center Workshop 2002 was organized to review recent research on the galactic center, including the latest state-of-the-art observations and important theoretical developments. The workshop covered phenomena on scales ranging from the central several hundred parsecs to the central parsec and within. Each topic was approached from both multi-wavelength observational and theoretical perspectives. Content: Chapter 1 High?resolution Hi Absorption Observations towards the Central 200 pc of the Galaxy (pages 1–7): Cornelia C. Lang, Claudia Cyganowski, W. M. Goss and Jun?Hui ZhaoChapter 2 High Resolution, High Sensitivity Imaging of the Galactic Center at 330 MHz (pages 9–16): Michael E. Nord, Crystal L. Brogan, Scott D. Hyman, T. Joseph, W. Lazio, Namir E. Kassim, T. N. Larosa, K. Anantharamaiah and Neboja DuricChapter 3 Spatially Resolved Very Large Array 74 MHz Observations Toward the Galactic Center (pages 17–24): C. L. Brogan, M. Nord, N. Kassim, J. Lazio and K. AnantharamaiahChapter 4 Chandra view of the central 300 pc of our Galaxy (pages 25–31): Q. Daniel WangChapter 5 Two Thousand X?ray Stars in the Central 20 pc of the Galaxy (pages 33–39): M. P. Muno, F. K. Baganoff, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, P. S. Broos, E. D. Feigelson, G. P. Garmire, M. R. Morris, G. R. Ricker and L. K. TownsleyChapter 6 Magnetic field in the Galactic Centre: Rotation Measure observations of extragalactic sources (pages 41–46): Subhashis Roy, A. Pramesh Rao and Ravi SubrahmanyanChapter 7 Study of the Nuclear Bulge region of the Galaxy (pages 47–51): K. S. Baliyan, S. Ganesh, U. C. Joshi, I. S. Glass and T. NagataChapter 8 A morphological Study of the Galactic Inner Bulge (pages 53–57): Kiran S. Baliyan, Shashikiran Ganesh, Umesh C. Joshi, Ian S. Glass, Mark R. Morris, Alain Omont, Mathias Schultheis and Guy SimonChapter 9 Warm molecular gas, dust and ionized gas in the 500 central pc of the Galaxy (pages 59–63): N. J. Rodriguez?Fernandez, J. Martin?Pintado, A. Fuente and T. L. WilsonChapter 10 Prospects for LOFAR Observations of the Galactic Center (pages 65–71): N. E. Kassim, T. J. W. Lazio, M. Nord, S. D. Hyman, C. L. Brogan, T. N. Larosa and N. DuricChapter 11 43 GHz SiO masers in late?type stars with 86 GHz SiO masers and astrometry with VERA in the Galactic center (pages 73–77): Lorant O. Sjouwerman, Maria Messineo and Harm J. HabingChapter 12 A Search for Radio Transients at 0.33 GHz in the GC (pages 79–83): Scott D. Hyman, T. Joseph, W. Lazio, Namir E. Kassim, Michael E. Nord and Jennifer L. NeureutherChapter 13 A Molecular Face?on View of the Galactic Center Region (pages 85–91): Tsuyoshi Sawada, Tetsuo Hasegawa, Toshihiro Handa and R. J. CohenChapter 14 The Inner 200pc: Hot Dense Gas (pages 93–99): Christopher L. Martin, Wilfred M. Walsh, Kecheng Xiao, Adair P. Lane, Christopher K. Walker and Antony A. StarkChapter 15 Gravitational Stability of Molecular Clouds in the Galactic Center (pages 101–107): Tomoharu Oka and Tetsuo HasegawaChapter 16 Spectroscopy of Hydrocarbon Grains toward the Galactic Center and Quintuplet Cluster (pages 109–115): J. E. Chiar, A. J. Adamson, D.C.B. Whittet and Y. J. PendletonChapter 17 X?rays from the HII Regions and Molecular Clouds near the Galactic Center (pages 117–123): Katsuji Koyama, Hiroshi Murakami and Shinichiro TakagiChapter 18 Reflected X?ray Emissions on Giant Molecular Clouds — Evidence of the Past Activities of Sgr A (pages 125–131): Hiroshi Murakami, Atsushi Senda, Yoshitomo Maeda and Katsuji KoyamaChapter 19 Observation of Toroidal Magnetic Fields on 100 pc Scales in the Galactic Center (pages 133–137): G. Novak, D. T. Chuss, J. L. Dotson, G. S. Griffin, R. F. Loewenstein, M. G. Newcomb, D. Pernic, J. B. Peterson and T. RenbargerChapter 20 Extended photoionization and photodissociation in Sgr B2 (pages 139–143): J. R. Goicoechea, N. J. Rodriguez?Fernandez and J. CernicharoChapter 21 Propagation of charged particles from the Galactic Center (pages 145–150): W. Bednarek, M. Giller and M. ZielinskaChapter 22 Discovery of New SNR Candidates in the Galactic Center Region with ASCA and Chandra (pages 151–155): Atsushi Senda, Hiroshi Murakami and Katsuji KoyamaChapter 23 Molecular Line Observations of the Tornado Nebula and its Eye (pages 157–160): J. Lazendic, M. Burton, F. Yusef?Zadeh, M. Wardle, A. Green and J. WhiteoakChapter 24 The Search for Water and Other Molecules in the Galactic Centre with the Odin Satellite (pages 161–165): Aa. Sandqvist, P. Bergman, A. Hjalmarson, E. Falgarone, T. Liljestrom, M. Lindqvist, A. Winnberg and The Odin TeamChapter 25 Deep X?Ray Imaging of the Central 20 Parsecs of the Galaxy with Chandra (pages 167–172): Mark Morris, Fred Baganoff, Michael Muno, Christian Howard, Yoshitomo Maeda, Eric Feigelson, Marshall Bautz, Niel Brandt, George Chartas, Gordon Garmire and Lisa TownsleyChapter 26 Mapping Magnetic Fields in the Cold Dust at the Galactic Center (pages 173–179): David T. Chuss, Giles Novak, Jacqueline A. Davidson, Jessie L. Dotson, C. Darren Dowell, Roger H. Hildebrand and John E. VaillancourtChapter 27 The Galactic Center Nonthermal Filaments: Recent Observations and Theory (pages 181–187): T. N. Larosa, Michael E. Nord, T. Joseph, W. Lazio, Steven N. Shore and Namir E. KassimChapter 28 Interaction between the Northeastern Boundary of Sgr A East and Giant Molecular Clouds: Excitation Mechanisms of the H Emission (pages 189–195): Sungho Lee, Soojong Pak, Christopher J. Davis, Robeson M. Herrnstein, T. R. Geballe, Paul T. P. Ho and J. Craig WheelerChapter 29 Sgr A East and its surroundings – a view with XMM?Newton (pages 197–203): Masaaki Sakano, Robert S. Warwick and Anne DecourchelleChapter 30 Chandra ACIS Imaging Spectroscopy of Sgr A East (pages 205–210): Y. Maeda, K. Itoh, F. K. Baganoff, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, D. N. Burrows, J. P. Doty, E. D. Feigelson, G. P. Garmire, M. Morris, M. P. Muno, S. Park, S. H. Pravdo, G. R. Ricker and L. K. TownsleyChapter 31 A Census of Dust Absorption at the Galactic Centre (pages 211–215): Andy Adamson, Rachel Mason, Emily Macdonald, Gillian Wright, Jean Chiar, Yvonne Pendleton, Tom Kerr, Janet Bowey, Doug Whittet and Mark RawlingsChapter 32 Thermal SiO observations of a shell attached to the nonthermal filaments in Sgr A (pages 217–221): Toshihiro Handa, Masaaki Sakano and Masato TsuboiChapter 33 Absorption and Emission in the Four Ground?State OH Lines Observed at 18 cm with the VLA Towards the Galactic Centre (pages 223–227): R. Karlsson, Aa. Sandqvist, L. O. Sjouwerman and J. B. WhiteoakChapter 34 Constraints on distances to Galactic Centre non?thermal filaments from HI absorption (pages 229–234): Subhashis RoyChapter 35 Discovery of a non?thermal X?ray filament in the Galactic Centre (pages 235–239): Masaaki Sakano, Robert S. Warwick and Anne DecourchelleChapter 36 High?negative velocities in the inner 25 pc of the Galactic center (pages 241–245): Lorant O. SjouwermanChapter 37 Really Cool Stars and the Star Formation History at the Galactic Center (pages 247–253): Robert D. Blum, Solange V. Ramirez, Kristen Sellgren and Knut OlsenChapter 38 Massive Stars and the Creation of our Galactic Center (pages 255–261): Donald F. FigerChapter 39 The Galactic Center Source IRS 13E: a Star Cluster (pages 263–269): Jean?Pierre Maillard, Thibaut Paumard, Susan Stolovy and Francois RigautChapter 40 X?ray Emission from Stellar Clusters Near the Galactic Center (pages 271–277): Casey Law and Farhad Yusef?ZadehChapter 41 Simulated X?ray emission from the Arches cluster (pages 279–284): Pablo F. Velazquez, Alejandro C. Raga, Jorge Canto, Elena Masciadri and Luis F. RodriguezChapter 42 SiO Maser Sources within 30 pc of the Galactic Center (pages 285–291): Shuji Deguchi and Hiroshi ImaiChapter 43 86 GHz SiO masing late?type stars in the Inner Galaxy (pages 293–297): M. Messineo, H. J. Habing, L. O. Sjouwerman, K. M. Menten and A. OmontChapter 44 CNO Abundances in the Quintuplet Cluster M Supergiant 5–7 (pages 299–302): S. V. Ramirez, K. Sellgren, R. Blum and D. M. TerndrupChapter 45 New results on the Galactic Center Helium stars (pages 303–307): Thibaut Paumard, Jean?Pierre Maillard and Susan StolovyChapter 46 Ten Thousand Stars Toward the Galactic Center (pages 309–313): Francois Rigaut, Robert Blum, Tim Davidge and Angela CoteraChapter 47 Stellar Orbits at the Center of the Milky Way (pages 315–319): N. Mouawad, A. Eckart, S. Pfalzner, J. Moultaka, C. Straubmeier, R. Spurzem, R. Schodel and T. OttChapter 48 Dynamical Friciton near the Galactic Center (pages 321–325): Sungsoo S. Kim, Donald F. Figer and Mark MorrisChapter 49 Near?infrared adaptive optics observations of the Galactic Center with NAOS/CONICA (ESO) and GriF (CFHT) (pages 327–331): Y. Clenet, D. Rouan, F. Lacombe, E. Gendron and D. GratadourChapter 50 Radio Pulsars in the Galactic Center (pages 333–336): T. Joseph, W. Lazio, James M. Cordes, Cornelia C. Lang, Eric V. Gotthelf and Q. Daniel WangChapter 51 Review of low?mass X?ray binaries near the Galactic center (pages 337–341): A. Lutovinov, S. Grebenev, S. Molkov and R. SunyaevChapter 52 Neutrons, neutrinos, and gamma?rays from the Galactic Center (pages 343–347): W. BednarekChapter 53 Linear and Circular Polarization from Sagittarius A (pages 349–354): G. C. BowerChapter 54 Intrinsic Radio Variability of Sgr A (pages 355–361): Jun?Hui ZhaoChapter 55 Flares of Sagittarius A* at Short Millimeter Wavelengths (pages 363–369): Atsushi Miyazaki, Takahiro Tsutsumi and Masato TsuboiChapter 56 Limits on the Short Term Variability of Sagittarius A* in the Near?Infrared (pages 371–376): S. D. Hornstein, A. M. Ghez, A. Tanner, M. Morris and E. E. BecklinChapter 57 A New X?Ray Flare from the Galactic Nucleus Detected with XMM?Newton (pages 377–382): A. Goldwurm, E. Brion, P. Goldoni, P. Ferrando, F. Daigne, A. Decourchelle, R. S. Warwick and P. PredehlChapter 58 Searching for Structural Variability in Sgr A* (pages 383–389): Zhi?Qiang Shen, M. C. Liang, K. Y. Lo and M. MiyoshiChapter 59 Observations of the Galactic Centre at 610 MHz with the GMRT (pages 391–395): Subhashis Roy and A. Pramesh RaoChapter 60 Closure Amplitude Analysis of 15, 22 and 43 GHz VLBA Observations of Sagittarius A*: Size is Consistent with the Scattering Law (pages 397–401): G. C. BowerChapter 61 VLBA observation of a radio intraday flare of Sgr A (pages 403–406): Makoto Miyoshi, Hiroshi Imai, Junichi Nakashima, Shuji Deguchi and Zhi?Qiang ShenChapter 62 A Chandra View of Diffuse X?Ray Emission in the Central 20 Parsecs of the Galaxy (pages 407–411): Sangwook Park, Frederick K. Baganoff, Mark W. Bautz, Gordon P. Garmire, Yoshitomo Maeda, Mark Morris and Michael P. MunoChapter 63 Investigating the submillimetre variability of Sagittarius A* with SCUBA (pages 413–417): Douglas Pierce?Price, Tim Jenness, John Richer and Jane GreavesChapter 64 Near?Infrared Flux Limits for Sgr A* Based on NICMOS Data (pages 419–423): Susan Stolovy, Fulvio Melia, Donald Mccarthy and Farhad Yusef?ZadehChapter 65 The wavelength dependence of Sgr A* size and the unified model of compact radio sources (pages 425–429): Fedor PrigaraChapter 66 Search for Circular Polarization toward Sagittarius A* at 100 GHz (pages 431–434): M. Tsuboi, H. Miyahara, R. Nomura, T. Kasuga and A. MiyazakiChapter 67 Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flow Models of Sgr A* (pages 435–443): Eliot QuataertChapter 68 Jet Models for Flaring in Sgr A* (pages 445–451): Sera Markoff and Heino FalckeChapter 69 A Jet?ADAF Model for Sgr A* (pages 453–458): F. Yuan, S. Markoff and H. FalckeChapter 70 A model for polarised radio emission from Sgr A* (pages 459–465): T. BeckertChapter 71 On the Chandra Detection of Diffuse X?Ray Emission from Sgr A* (pages 467–473): M. E. Pessah and F. MeliaChapter 72 A Relativistic Disk in Sagittarius A* (pages 475–481): Siming Liu and Fulvio MeliaChapter 73 The frozen (inactive) disk in Sgr A*: freezing the accretion of the hot gas too? (pages 483–489): Sergei NayakshinChapter 74 Gamma?ray emission from an ADAF around a Kerr black hole (pages 491–495): Kazutaka Oka and Tadahiro ManmotoChapter 75 The Discovery of Sgr A* (pages 497–504): W. M. Goss, Robert L. Brown and K. Y. LoChapter 76 The Position, Motion, and Mass of Sgr A* (pages 505–511): Mark J. Reid, Karl M. Menten, Reinhard Genzel, Thomas Ott, Rainer Schodel and Andreas BrunthalerChapter 77 Tidal processes very near the black hole in the Galactic Center (pages 513–519): Tal AlexanderChapter 78 New MIR Excess Sources north of the IRS 13 Complex* (pages 521–526): A. Eckart, J. Moultaka, T. Viehmann, C. Straubmeier, N. Mouawad, R. Genzel, T. Ott and R. SchodelChapter 79 Full Three Dimensional Orbits for Multiple Stars on Close Approaches to the Central Supermassive Black Hole (pages 527–533): A. M. Ghez, E. Becklin, G. Duchene, S. Hornstein, M. Morris, S. Salim and A. TannerChapter 80 The Galactic Center stellar cluster: The central arcsecond* (pages 535–541): R. Schodel, R. Genzel, T. Ott and A. EckartChapter 81 Stellar Dynamics in the Galactic Center: 1000 Stars in 100 Nights (pages 543–549): Thomas Ott, Reinhard Genzel, Andreas Eckart and Rainer SchodelChapter 82 A Bow Shock of Heated Dust Surrounding IRS 8 (pages 551–555): F. Rigaut, T. R. Geballe, J.?R. Roy and B. T. DraineChapter 83 Monitoring Sagittarius A* in the MIR with the VLT* (pages 557–561): A. Eckart, J. Moultaka, T. Viehmann, C. Straubmeier, N. Mouawad, R. Genzel, T. Ott, R. Schodel, F. K. Baganoff and M. R. MorrisChapter 84 The magnetic field in the central parsec (pages 563–566): A. C. H. Glasse, D. K. Aitken and P. F. RocheChapter 85 Mid?Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopic Observations of the Galactic Center with Subaru/COMICS (pages 567–571): Y. Okada, T. Onaka, T. Miyata, H. Kataza, Y. K. Okamoto, S. Sako, M. Honda, T. Yamashita and T. FujiyoshiChapter 86 Physical Conditions in the Central Parsec Modeled from Mid?Infrared Imaging Photometry (pages 573–576): Dan Gezari, Eli Dwek and Frank VarosiChapter 87 LINC/NIRVANA – The LBT Near?Infrared Interferometric Camera (pages 577–581): C. Straubmeier, A. Eckart, T. Bertram and T. HerbstChapter 88 Hot Molecular Gas in the Central 10 Parsecs of the Galaxy (pages 583–589): R. M. Herrnstein and P. T. P. HoChapter 89 The ISM and Stellar Distributions Near Sgr A* (pages 591–596): Nick Scoville, Susan R. Stolovy and Micol ChristopherChapter 90 Resolving the Northern Arm Sources at the Galactic Center (pages 597–603): Angelle M. Tanner, A. M. Ghez, M. Morris and E. E. BecklinChapter 91 Structural analysis of the Minispiral from high?resolution Br? data (pages 605–612): Thibaut Paumard, Jean?Pierre Maillard and Mark MorrisChapter 92 Gas physics and dynamics in the central 50 pc of the Galaxy (pages 613–619): B. Vollmer, W. J. Duschl and R. ZylkaChapter 93 The First Measurement of Radial Acceleration of Ionized Gas Near Sagittarius A* (pages 621–627): Doug Roberts and Farhad Yusef?ZadehChapter 94 Simple hydrodynamical Simulations of the Circumnuclear Disk (pages 629–634): Robert F. Coker, Michol H. Christopher, Susan R. Stolovy and Nick Z. Scoville