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Volume 6, 2003
Observing with the VLTI
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DOI 10.1051/eas:2003022

Observing with the VLTI
G. Perrin and F. Malbet (eds)
EAS Publications Series, Vol. 6, 2003

DOI: 10.1051/eas:2003022

Binary Stars with Component Disks: The Case of Z CMa

D. Apai1, I. Pascucci1 and H. Zinnecker2

1  AIU Jena, Schillergaesschen 2-3, Jena, 07745, Germany
2  Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany


Abstract

We present here a proposal for the mid-infrared study of the circumstellar material around Z CMa. The suggested configuration of the interferometer and the observational strategy are based on model simulations performed using the software ASPRO. We find that the UT1-UT3 telescope pair (the first mode to be offered) is able to constrain the flux ratio of the binary but not the extension of possible circumbinary disks. We suggest to use an AT unit to increase the baseline and thus resolve the material orbiting one or two components.



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