Dusty circumstellar disks

Dusty circumstellar disks in orbit around main-sequence stars were discovered in 1983 by the infrared astronomical satellite. It was the first time material that was not another star had been seen in orbit around a main-sequence star other than our Sun. Since that time, analyses of data from the inf...

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Main Author: Zuckerman, B
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Summary:Dusty circumstellar disks in orbit around main-sequence stars were discovered in 1983 by the infrared astronomical satellite. It was the first time material that was not another star had been seen in orbit around a main-sequence star other than our Sun. Since that time, analyses of data from the infrared astronomical satellite, the infrared space observatory, and ground-based telescopes have enabled astronomers to paint a picture of dusty disks around numerous main-sequence and post-main-sequence stars. This review describes, primarily in an evolutionary framework, the properties of some dusty disks orbiting, first, pre–main-sequence stars, then main-sequence and post-main-sequence stars, and ending with white dwarfs.
Physical Description:1 recurso en línea (páginas 549-580)