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Jun 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...355..635k&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 355, June 1, 1990, p. 635-644.
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Accretion Disks, Emission Spectra, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Star Formation, Continuous Radiation, Cosmic Dust, Spectral Energy Distribution, Stellar Cores, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Structure
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Interferometric and single-dish observations of the continuum emission from L1551-IRS 5 were made at wavelengths from 1.0 mm to 6.2 cm. These observations show that, at millimeter wavelengths, there are two distinct components to the source, an envelope with a radius about 2000 AU, and a compact core with a radius not greater than 64 AU. In both components, the continuum radiation is due predominantly to thermal dust emission. The compact core has a large optical depth, indicating a high column density (about 1000 g/sq cm). By modeling the temperature in the region of the compact core, it is shown that its size must lie in the range 45 + or - 20 AU. The compact core is most plausibly identified with an accretion, or preplanetary, disk around the star, although the present observations do not have sufficient angular resolution to rule out other structures.
Keene Jocelyn
Masson Colin R.
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