High spatial resolution IR observations of young stellar objects - A possible disk surrounding HL Tauri

Autor: D. Thompson, S. E. Strom, G. L. Grasdalen, Richard W. Capps, Michael W. Castelaz, K. M. Strom
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: The Astrophysical Journal. 283:L57
ISSN: 1538-4357
0004-637X
Popis: High spatial resolution images of the T Tauri star HL Tau were obtained at 1.6 microns and 2.2 microns. The original images as well as maximum entropy image reconstructions reveal a circumstellar envelope structure, similar at both wavelenghts, and extended along P.A. = 112 deg; the 10 percent width of the structure is 1.9 sec (300 AU at 160 pc). The extended structure is interpreted as light scattered toward earth by dust in a disk surrounding this young stellar object. Polarization measurements made at 2.2 microns support this hypothesis. The total solid particle mass is, at minimum, 5 x 10 to the -7th solar mass.
Databáze: OpenAIRE