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7颗经典Be星的VLTI/MIDI观测

VLTI/MIDI observations of 7 classical Be stars

Anthony Meilland, Philippe Stee, Olivier Chesneau, Carol Jones

摘要:

我们测量了7颗Be星周围的气体盘的中红外线延伸,以约束它们的拱星环境的几何形状,并试图推断出表征这些盘的物理参数。我们使用VLTI/AMBER仪器,基线可达130 m,在N波段获得约15 mas的角分辨率,并将我们的结果与VLTI/AMBER仪器和/或CHARA干涉仪获得的K波段测量结果进行比较。我们获得了一个校准的能见度测量的四个明星,p车,zeta Tau,kappa CMa,和α Col,两个三角洲Cen和β CMi,和三个阿尔法Ara。几乎所有的目标仍然没有得到解决,即使最大的VLTI基线为130米,证据表明,他们的拱星盘延伸小于10质量。唯一的例外是α-Ara,其在8微米处通过长轴a=5.8 ± 0.8mas和轴比a/b=2.4 ± 1的椭圆包络清晰分辨和良好拟合。该延伸类似于用VLTI/AMBER仪器在K波段2微米处测量的尺寸和平坦度。这些经典Be星的星周包层的大小在8 - 12微米的波长范围内变化不大。此外,阿尔法阿拉的圆盘的大小和形状几乎相同,分别为2、8和12微米。

英文摘要:

We measured the mid-infrared extension of the gaseous disk surrounding seven Be stars in order to constrain the geometry of their circumstellar environments and to try to infer physical parameters characterizing these disks. We used the VLTI/MIDI instrument with baselines up to 130 m to obtain an angular resolution of about 15 mas in the N band and compared our results with previous K band measurements obtained with the VLTI/AMBER instrument and/or the CHARA interferometer. We obtained one calibrated visibility measurement for each of the four stars, p Car, zeta Tau, kappa CMa, and alpha Col, two for delta Cen and beta CMi, and three for alpha Ara. Almost all targets remain unresolved even with the largest VLTI baseline of 130m, evidence that their circumstellar disk extension is less than 10 mas. The only exception is alpha Ara, which is clearly resolved and well-fitted by an elliptical envelope with a major axis a=5.8+-0.8mas and an axis ratio a/b=2.4+-1 at 8 microns. This extension is similar to the size and flattening measured with the VLTI/AMBER instrument in the K band at 2 microns. The size of the circumstellar envelopes for these classical Be stars does not seem to vary strongly on the observed wavelength between 8 and 12microns. Moreover, the size and shape of Alpha Ara's disk is almost identical at 2, 8, and 12microns.

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