Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Jan 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000stin...0062312m&link_type=abstract
Technical Report, Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States
Physics
Optics
Adaptive Optics, Imaging Techniques, Image Resolution, Stellar Envelopes, Hubble Space Telescope, Planetary Systems, Prototypes, High Resolution, Infrared Spectra
Scientific paper
In the past five years, observations at optical and near-infrared wavelengths obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based adaptive optics have provided the first well-resolved images of young circumstellar disks which may form planetary systems. We review these two observational techniques and highlight their results by presenting prototype examples of disks imaged in the Taurus-Auriga and Orion star-forming regions. As appropriate, we discuss the disk parameters that may be typically derived from the observations, as well as the implications that the observations may have on our understanding of, for example, the role of the ambient environment in shaping the disk evolution. We end with a brief summary of the prospects for future improvements in space- and ground-based optical/IR imaging techniques, and how they may impact disk studies.
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McCaughrean Mark
Stapelfeldt Karl
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