Mid-infrared images of β Pictoris and the possible role of planetesimal collisions in the central disk

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7022, 2005, Pages 133-136

  Telesco, Charles M ^a   Fischer, R Scott ^b   Wyatt, Mark C ^c   Dermott, Stanley F ^a   Kehoe, Thomas J J ^a   Novotny, Steven ^a   Mariñas, Naibi ^a   Radomski, James T ^a   Packham, Christopher ^a   De Buizer, James ^d,e   Hayward, Thomas L ^d  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; INFRARED IMAGING; RESONANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INNERMOST DUSTS; OPTICAL STARLIGHT; PICTORIS; PLANETESIMALS;

PLANETS;

INFRARED IMAGERY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; DUST; ENERGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MOTION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 19944431618     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03255     Document Type: Article

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