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Probing for Exoplanets Hiding in Dusty Debris Disks: Disk Imaging, Characterization, and Exploration with HST/STIS Multi-roll Coronagraphy

  • Authors: Glenn Schneider, Carol A. Grady, Dean C. Hines, Christopher C. Stark, John H. Debes, Joe Carson, Marc J. Kuchner, Marshall D. Perrin, Alycia J. Weinberger, John P. Wisniewski, Murray D. Silverstone, Hannah Jang-Condell, Thomas Henning, Bruce E. Woodgate, Eugene Serabyn, Amaya Moro-Martin, Motohide Tamura, Phillip M. Hinz, and Timothy J. Rodigas

Schneider et al. 2014 The Astronomical Journal 148 59.

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Caption: Figure 14.

Left: geometrical/isophote elliptical fit to the HD 15745 CS disk, in comparison to the location of the star (red circle) offset along the disk minor axis is indicative of very strong directionally preferential scattering by the disk material. The ellipse fit is to the 0.8 counts s−1 pixel−1 SB isophote (1 counts s−1 pixel−1 = 0.177 mJy arcsec−2), which is at r = 34.0 pixels (1farcs73) from the disk center along the major axis (with a minor-to-major axial ratio of 0.615). Right: radial SB profiles along the disk major axis are of common slope, but differ throughout in brightness, suggesting a higher dust density distribution on the SW side of the star.

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