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Few Skewed Disks Found in First Closure-Phase Survey of Herbig Ae/Be Stars
Using the three-telescope IOTA interferometer on Mount Hopkins, wereport results from the first near-infrared (λ=1.65 μm)closure-phase survey of young stellar objects (YSOs). These closurephases allow us to unambiguously detect departures from centrosymmetry(i.e., skew) in the emission pattern from YSO disks on the scale of ~4mas, expected from generic ``flared disk'' models. Six of 14 targetsshowed small, yet statistically significant nonzero closure phases, withlargest values from the young binary system MWC 361-A and the(pre-main-sequence?) Be star HD 45677. Our observations are quitesensitive to the vertical structure of the inner disk, and we confrontthe predictions of the ``puffed-up inner wall'' models of Dullemond,Dominik, & Natta (DDN). Our data support disk models with curvedinner rims because the expected emission appears symmetricallydistributed around the star over a wide range of inclination angles. Incontrast, our results are incompatible with the models possessingvertical inner walls because they predict extreme skewness (i.e., largeclosure phases) from the near-IR disk emission that is not seen in ourdata. In addition, we also present the discovery of mysterious H-band``halos'' (~5%-10% of light on scales 0.01"-0.50") around a few objects,a preliminary ``parametric imaging'' study for HD 45677, and the firstastrometric orbit for the young binary MWC 361-A.
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| Polarimetric and spectroscopic study of the weak-emission T Tauri star V 410 Tauri
Results of the polarimetric and spectroscopic observations of the weakemission T Tauri star V 410 Tau are presented. The linear polarizationand position angle are found to show variability with a periodcorresponding to the star's rotational period. It is also found that thepolarization reaches a maximum near the light minimum. Modelling of theV and R light curves shows that two adjacent spots, occupying a totalfractional area of 0.23 and with a temperature 750 K cooler than thephotosphere, could account for the observed light variability. Weattribute the periodic variability in linear polarization to thevariable illumination of an optically thin circumstellar envelope by therotating spotted star. The Hα line is found to vary from shallowabsorption to emission with the maximum emission strength at the minimumlight, and vice versa. The \ion{Li} I 6708 Angstroms absorptionequivalent width, which is consistent with that of the other T Tauristars, is found to show no appreciable variation with the photometricphase.
| Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure. II. The weak-lined T Tauri star V410 Tauri.
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| U, B, V, R, I stellar photometry in the field of the Taurus dark clouds
A program of photoelectric stellar photometry has been carried out inthe field of the Taurus dark clouds with a view to establishing thedistance of the clouds and the absorption law in that region of the sky.It is found that the distance of the dark clouds accompanying the Tau T1and Tau T3 associations is 132 plus or minus 10 pc. Within theabsorption region 0-4 m, the Taurus dark clouds are characterized by anearly normal absorption law (to within 5-10%). In the field of the darkclouds a group of F0-G0 stars close to the main sequence is found whosespace density is three to eight times that in the solar neighborhood.
| The polarization of T and RY Tau.
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| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Right ascension: | 04h18m27.29s |
| Declination: | +28°06'11.5" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.477 |
| Distance: | 487.805 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 0.3 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -7.7 |
| B-T magnitude: | 11.047 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.69 |
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