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The Near-Infrared Size-Luminosity Relations for Herbig Ae/Be Disks We report the results of a sensitive K-band survey of Herbig Ae/Be disksizes using the 85 m baseline Keck Interferometer. Targets were chosento span the maximum range of stellar properties to probe the disk sizedependence on luminosity and effective temperature. For most targets,the measured near-infrared sizes (ranging from 0.2 to 4 AU) support asimple disk model possessing a central optically thin (dust-free)cavity, ringed by hot dust emitting at the expected sublimationtemperatures (Ts~1000-1500 K). Furthermore, we find a tightcorrelation of disk size with source luminosity R~L1/2 for Aeand late Be systems (valid over more than two decades in luminosity),confirming earlier suggestions based on lower quality data.Interestingly, the inferred dust-free inner cavities of the highestluminosity sources (Herbig B0-B3 stars) are undersized compared topredictions of the ``optically thin cavity'' model, likely because ofoptically thick gas within the inner AU.
| UVBY observations of A, F, G and K field stars Photoelectric data in the uvby system have been obtained for about 800southern stars of the Hipparcos Input Catalog (Grenon, 1982, 1985). Mostof the stars are F and G main sequence and fall in the magnitude range V= 8-11.
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Constellation: | Libra |
Right ascension: | 15h58m33.42s |
Declination: | -09°00'12.2" |
Apparent magnitude: | 8.387 |
Distance: | 884.956 parsecs |
Proper motion RA: | -4.6 |
Proper motion Dec: | 1.5 |
B-T magnitude: | 9.467 |
V-T magnitude: | 8.477 |
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