High-contrast polarimetric imaging of the protoplanetary disk around AB Aurigae
Abstract
We present the spatially-resolved polarization measurements for the disk around the Herbig Ae star, AB Aurigae. The images were obtained in J, H, and Ks bands with the coronagraphic camera HiCIAO on the Subaru Telescope. The inner region beyond 30 AU from the star was imaged, which reveals an azimuthal dip, a radial gap at around 80 AU, and complex spiral-like emission in polarized light.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution
- Pub Date:
- November 2011
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..276..420F
- Keywords:
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- planetary systems: protoplanetary disks;
- planetary systems: formation;
- techniques: high angular resolution;
- techniques: polarimetric