AN INFRARED COMPANION TO Z-CANIS MAJORIS

被引:103
作者
KORESKO, CD [1 ]
BECKWITH, SVW [1 ]
GHEZ, AM [1 ]
MATTHEWS, K [1 ]
NEUGEBAUER, G [1 ]
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[1] CALTECH,PALOMAR OBSERV,PASADENA,CA 91125
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10.1086/116031
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
New near-infrared speckle observations of Z CMa reveal it to be a double star with a separation 0".1 at P.A. 120-degrees. The northwest component is an infrared object whose broadband spectrum is reminiscent of the infrared companions to several T Tauri stars. The southeast component has the spectral energy distribution expected for a circumstellar disk whose luminosity is dominated by gravitational accretion. The far-infrared and millimeter-wave photometric fluxes suggest the presence of a massive second disk large enough to surround both components; this may be the reservoir from which the material accreted by the first disk is drawn.
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页码:2073 / 2078
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