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Published January 4, 2004 | Published + Submitted
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SIMBA's view of the ϵ Eri disk

Abstract

We present the first observational confirmation for an extended circumstellar dust disk around ϵ Eri. The observations were obtained with the bolometer array SIMBA at the 15 m radio telescope SEST in Chile and measure the dust continuum at 1.2 mm. The emission, with a total flux of 21.4 mJy and a rms of 2.2 mJy/beam, is resolved to a deconvolved size of 27".4 which corresponds to 88 AU. No clear indication for a ring-like disk structure is seen, possibly also due to the telescope's large beam width of 24". Models of the object's spectral energy distribution from IR to mm-wavelengths show that the emission can also be explained by a simple disk model. We further demonstrate the strong influence of noise and propose to be cautious with interpretations of the ring substructure.

Additional Information

© 2004 ESO. Received: 6 November 2003. Accepted: 5 December 2003. We thank the SEST staff for their helpful support. SE is supported under Marie-Curie Fellowship contract HDPMD-CT-2000-5.

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