First evidence for a spatially resolved disk structure around the Herbig Ae star R CrA

Details First evidence for a spatially resolved disk structure around the Herbig Ae star R CrA First evidence for a spatially resolved disk structure around the Herbig Ae star R CrA

2005-07-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507064v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 5 figure, to appear in the proceedings of the ESO Workshop "The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry: Recent Scientific

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We present mid-infrared interferometric observations of the Herbig Ae star R CrA obtained with MIDI at the VLTI using several projected baselines in the UT2-UT3 configuration. The observations show resolved circumstellar emission in the wavelength range 8-13 micron on a ~6 AU scale with a non-symmetric intensity distribution, providing support for an inclined disk geometry. Visibilities are best fitted using a uniform ring model with outer radius in the range 6-10 AU, in the wavelength range 8-13 micron. The inclination of the ring with respect to the plane of the sky is found to be ~45 deg., consistent with the 40 deg. suggested from near-infrared imaging polarimetry (Clark et al. 2000, MNRAS, 319, 337).

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