12 and 18 μm Images of Dust Surrounding HD 32297
Abstract
We present the first subarcsecond-resolution images at multiple mid-IR wavelengths of the thermally emitting dust around the A0 star HD 32297. Our observations with T-ReCS at Gemini South reveal a nearly edge-on resolved disk at both 11.7 and 18.3 μm that extends ~150 AU in radius. The mid-IR is the third wavelength region in which this disk has been resolved, following coronagraphic observations by others of the source at optical and near-IR wavelengths. The global mid-IR colors and detailed consideration of the radial colortemperature distribution imply that the central part of the disk out to ~80 AU is relatively deficient in dust.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- September 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1086/521722
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0707.3294
- Bibcode:
- 2007ApJ...666L.109M
- Keywords:
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- Stars: Circumstellar Matter;
- Infrared: Stars;
- Stars: Planetary Systems;
- stars: individual (HD 32297);
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures