High resolution mid-Infrared imaging of dust disks structures around Herbig Ae stars with VISIR
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We present a new mode of observations with VISIR, the mid-InfraRed (mid-IR) imager and spectrometer on the VLT (ESO, Chile): the so-called BURST mode. This mode allows to reach the diffraction limit of the telescope. To illustrate results obtained with this mode, we discuss observations of disks around Herbig Ae stars. The 10-20 μm atmospheric windows are well-suited to study the extended emission of these objects. With a 8 m class telescope, in fair seeing conditions, the observations are diffraction-limited at 10 μm and the spatial resolution could reach the diffraction limit of 0.3 arcsec. As a result, it is possible to resolve disks with a typical size of 100 AU around objects at a distance of 100 pc. We present here a significant example, HD97048, for which a flared disk of 350 AU is resolved at 11.3 μm (PAH band). RÉSUMÉ. Nous présentons un nouveau mode d’observation avec VISIR, l’instrument pour les observations en InfraRouge (IR) moyen au VLT (ESO, Chili): le mode BURST. Ce mode permet d’atteindre la limite de résolution spatiale déterminée par la diffraction. Une illustration d’utilisation de ce mode est donnée avec l’observation des disques autour d’étoile de type Herbig Ae. Les fenêtres atmosphériques en IR moyen sont appropriées à l’étude des extensions autour de ces objets. En effet, avec un télescope de 8 mètres, il est possible d’atteindre la limite de diffraction de 0.3 seconde d’arc dans de bonnes conditions de seeing. Ainsi, on peut résoudre des disques d’une taille typique de 100 AU pour des étoiles situées à 100 pc. HD97048 est un remarquable exemple d’une étoile Herbig Ae avec un disque évasé imagé à 11.3 μm (PAH).
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تاریخ انتشار 2006