| Issue |
A&A
Volume 424, Number 2, September III 2004
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 613 - 618 | |
| Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034215 | |
| Published online | 23 August 2004 | |
A search for circumstellar dust disks with ADONIS*
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany e-mail: schuetz@mpia.de
2
DSM/DAPNIA/Service d'Astrophysique, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
3
European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19, Chile
4
Isaac-Newton-Group of Telescopes, Apartado de Correos 321, 38700 Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain
5
Institute for Computational Astrophysics, Department of Astronomy and Physics, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, B3H 3C3, Canada
Received:
20
August
2003
Accepted:
27
May
2004
We present results of a coronographic imaging search for circumstellar dust disks with the Adaptive Optics Near Infrared System (ADONIS) at the ESO 3.6 m telescope in La Silla (Chile). 22 candidate stars, known to be orbited by a planet or to show infrared excess radiation, were examined for circumstellar material. In the PSF-subtracted images no clear disk was found. We further determine the detection sensitivities and outline how remaining atmospheric fluctuations still can hamper adaptive optics observations.
Key words: stars: planetary systems: protoplanetary disks / instrumentation: adaptive optics / techniques: image processing / atmospheric effects / methods: observational / stars: circumstellar matter
© ESO, 2004
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