2007/09/24 by Pierre Kervella, P. Kervella, A. Domiciano de Souza +1 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078588
published as Astron.Astrophys.474:49,2007 · 4 pages, 4 figures
openalex publication_date 2007/09/24 · arxiv created 2007/10/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Context.It is expected that Be stars are surrounded by circumstellar envelopes, and that a significant fraction have companions. Achernar (α Eri) is the nearest Be star, and is thus a favourable target to search for their signatures using high resolution imaging.