Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008a%26a...488l..75m&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 488, Issue 3, 2008, pp.L75-L78
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Stars: Individual: R Monocerotis, Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Imaging, Ism: Reflection Nebulae, Infrared: Stars
Scientific paper
Aims: We investigate the dust properties of the disk and envelope of the Herbig Be star R Mon by means of near-infrared multiwavelength imaging polarimetry. Methods: We obtained JHK-band polarimetric images using the adaptive optics instruments NACO on the VLT, and CIAO on the Subaru telescope. Results: Our NACO JK_S-band images of ~0.1 arcsec angular resolution resolve clearly the R Mon binary system as well as twisted string-like features in the fan-shaped lobe. The polarimetric images reveal a butterfly-shaped polarization disk with an almost constant shape and an extension of 4 arcsec in the J, H, and K bands. In this region, the polarization values are as low as P_J˜7%, P_H˜2%, and P_K˜1%, and the polarization vectors are not systematically aligned along the equatorial plane. On the other hand, highly polarized scattered light is detected in the fan-shaped lobe (PJ ˜24%, PH ˜ 33%, and P_K˜53%). Conclusions: Our polarimetric data suggests the presence of multiple grain populations in the R Mon nebula. From our one-dimensional single scattering modeling, the maximum grain size in the nebula at large scale is estimated to be 0.23 μm. On the other hand, the aforementioned properties of the polarization disk and a nearly spherical appearance of the nebulosity close to the central star suggests the presence of large grains (micron-size or larger) in the polarization disk.
Ageorges Nancy
Hofmann Karl Heinrich
Ishii Makoto
Kraus Sarit
Murakawa Koji
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