Nicmos Imaging of the Hr 4796a Circumstellar Disk
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We report the first near-infrared (NIR) imaging of a circumstellar annular disk around the young (∼8 Myr), Vega-like star HR 4796A. NICMOS coronagraph observations at 1.1 and 1.6 mm reveal a ringlike symmetrical structure that peaks in reflected intensity (∼70 AU) from the central A0 V star. The ring geometry, 10.05 5 00.02 with an inclination of and a major axis position angle of , is in good agreement with 737.1 5 17.2 267.8 5 07.6 recent 12.5 and 20.8 mm observations of a truncated disk. The ring is resolved with a characteristic width of less than 00.26 (17 AU) and appears abruptly truncated at both the inner and outer edges. The region of the diskplane inward of ∼60 AU appears to be relatively free of scattering material. The integrated flux density of the part of the disk that is visible (greater than 00.65 from the star) is found to be and mJy at 7.6 5 0.5 7.4 5 1.2 1.1 and 1.6 mm, respectively. Correcting for the unseen area of the ring yields total flux densities of 12.8 5 and mJy, respectively (Vega magnitudes equal to and ). The NIR 1.0 12.5 5 2.0 12.92 5 0.08 12.35 5 0.18 luminosity ratio is evaluated from these results and ground-based photometry of the star. At these wavelengths, is equal to and , giving reasonable agreement between the 23 23 L (l)/L (l) 1.4 5 0.2 # 10 2.4 5 0.5 # 10 disk ∗ stellar flux scattered in the NIR and that which is absorbed in the visible and reradiated in the thermal infrared. The somewhat red reflectance of the disk at these wavelengths implies a mean particle size in excess of several microns, which is larger than typical interstellar grains. The confinement of material to a relatively narrow annular zone implies dynamical constraints on the disk particles by one or more as yet unseen bodies. Subject headings: circumstellar matter — infrared: stars — planetary systems — stars: individual (HR 4796A)
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تاریخ انتشار 1999