The circumbinary disc around the J-type C-star IRAS 18006-3213

Details The circumbinary disc around the J-type C-star IRAS 18006-3213 The circumbinary disc around the J-type C-star IRAS 18006-3213

2007-03-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703258v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20066516

In the generally accepted, but poorly documented model, silicate J-type C-stars are binary objects for which the silicate emission originates from a circumbinary or a circumcompanion disc. We aim at testing this hypothesis by a thorough spectral and spatial observational study of one object: IRAS18006-3213. We obtained, analysed and modeled high spatial resolution interferometric VLTI/MIDI observations on multiple baselines ranging from 45 m to 100 m. All observations resolved the object and show the very compact nature of the N-band emission (~30 mas). In addition, the highest spatial resolution data show a significant differential phase jump around 8.3 micron. This demonstrates the asymmetric nature of the N-band emission. Moreover, the single telescope N-band spectrum shows the signature of highly processed silicate grains. These data are used to confirm the model on silicate J-type C-stars for IRAS18006-3213. We show that the most favourable model of the dust geometry is a stable circumbinary disc around the system, seen under an intermediate inclination. The data presented on the silicate J-type C-star IRAS18006-3213 provide evidence that the oxygen rich dust is trapped in a circumbinary disc. The formation of this disc is probably linked to the binary nature of the central star.

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