PROPERTIES OF THE BETA-PICTORIS DISC DEDUCED FROM OPTICAL IMAGING POLARIMETRY

Authors
WOLSTENCROFT RD SCARROTT SM GLEDHILL TM
Citation
Rd. Wolstencroft et al., PROPERTIES OF THE BETA-PICTORIS DISC DEDUCED FROM OPTICAL IMAGING POLARIMETRY, Astrophysics and space science, 224(1-2), 1995, pp. 395-398
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
224
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
395 - 398
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1995)224:1-2<395:POTBDD>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The asymmetries in the brightness structure and levels of polarisation between the two sides of the beta Pic disc are discussed. The possibi lity of these differences being caused by a planet, or planets, within the circumstellar disc is investigated.