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Inner disk regions revealed by infrared interferometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2007

Fabien Malbet*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, UJF/CNRS, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble cedex 9, France Email: fabien.malbet@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
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I review the results obtained by long-baseline interferometry at infrared wavelengths on the innermost regions around young stars. These observations directly probe the location of the dust and gas in the disks. The characteristic sizes of these regions are found larger than previously thought. These results have motivated in part a new class of models of the inner disk structure. However the precise understanding of the origin of these low visibilities is still in debate. Mid-infrared observations have probed disk emission over a larger range of scales revealing mineralogy gradients in the disk. Recent spectrally resolved observations allow the dust and gas to be studied separately. The few results show that the Brackett gamma emission can find its origin either in a wind or in a magnetosphere but there are no definitive answers yet. In a number of cases, the very high spatial resolution seems to reveal very close companions. In any case, these results provide crucial information on the structure and physical properties of disks surrounding young stars especially as initial conditions for planet formation.

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