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Investigation of the inner structures around HD 169142 with VLT/SPHERE

We present observations of the Herbig Ae star HD 169142 with the VLT/SPHERE instruments InfraRed Dual-band Imager and Spectrograph (IRDIS) (K1K2 and H2H3 bands) and the Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS) (Y, J and H bands). We detect several bright blobs at similar to 180 mas separation from the star, and a faint arc-like structure in the IFS data. Our reference differential imaging (RDI) data analysis also finds a bright ring at the same separation. We show, using a simulation based on polarized light data, that these blobs are actually part of the ring at 180 mas. These results demonstrate that the earlier detections of blobs in the H and K-S bands at these separations in Biller et al. as potential planet/substellar companions are actually tracing a bright ring with a Keplerian motion. Moreover, we detect in the images an additional bright structure at similar to 93 mas separation and position angle of 355 degrees, at a location very close to previous detections. It appears point-like in the YJ and K bands but is more extended in the H band. We also marginally detect an inner ring in the RDI data at similar to 100 mas. Follow-up observations are necessary to confirm the detection and the nature of this source and structure.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/627059
Date01 1900
CreatorsLigi, R., Vigan, A., Gratton, R., de Boer, J., Benisty, M., Boccaletti, A., Quanz, S. P., Meyer, M., Ginski, C., Sissa, E., Gry, C., Henning, T., Beuzit, J.-L., Biller, B., Bonnefoy, M., Chauvin, G., Cheetham, A. C., Cudel, M., Delorme, P., Desidera, S., Feldt, M., Galicher, R., Girard, J., Janson, M., Kasper, M., Kopytova, T., Lagrange, A.-M., Langlois, M., Lecoroller, H., Maire, A.-L., Ménard, F., Mesa, D., Peretti, S., Perrot, C., Pinilla, P., Pohl, A., Rouan, D., Stolker, T., Samland, M., Wahhaj, Z., Wildi, F., Zurlo, A., Buey, T., Fantinel, D., Fusco, T., Jaquet, M., Moulin, T., Ramos, J., Suarez, M., Weber, L.
ContributorsUniv Arizona, Dept Astron, Steward Observ
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© 2017 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
Relationhttp://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/473/2/1774/4587911

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