Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-02-24
Astron.Astrophys.402:183-188,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 3 postscript figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20030194
We present millimeter imaging observations in the 1200 micron continuum of the disk around beta Pictoris. With the 25 arcsec beam, the beta Pic disk is unresolved perpendicularly to the disk plane (< 10 arcsec), but slightly resolved in the northeast-southwest direction (26 arcsec). Peak emission is observed at the stellar position. A secondary maximum is found 1000 AU along the disk plane in the southwest, which does not positionally coincide with a similar feature reported earlier at 850 micron. Arguments are presented which could be seen in support of the reality of these features. The observed submm/mm emission is consistent with thermal emission from dust grains, which are significantly larger than those generally found in the interstellar medium, including mm-size particles, and thus more reminiscent of the dust observed in protostellar disks. Modelling the observed scattered light in the visible and the emission in the submm/mm provides evidence for the particles dominating the scattering in the visible/NIR and those primarily responsible for the thermal emission at longer wavelengths belonging to different populations.
Artymowicz Pawel
Brandeker Alexis
Fridlund Malcolm
Liseau Rene
Olofsson Goeran
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