Inner part observation of the? pictoris disk

Autor: F. Sevre, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, H. Beust, A. M. Lagrange-Henri, Magali Deleuil, Roger Ferlet, Cecile Gry, François Colas, Alfred Vidal-Madjar, Jean Lecacheux, J. E. Arlot, Guy Perrin, C. Buil
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Astrophysics and Space Science. 212:173-180
ISSN: 1572-946X
0004-640X
Popis: The inner regions of the circumstellar disk around β Pictoris might be dust-free due to a possible planet which may have cleared up dust particles. We present a new observational technique based on the use of an anti-blooming CCD in order to directly image this zone. The structure of the disk is revealed down to 2 arcsec from the star (30 AU). We show that the β Pic disk brightness is neutral in V, R, and I c , but drops down when going inward in B, possibly related to a change in the dust composition. Also, a slight disk asymmetry is present but inverted from the outer to the inner zones.
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