{"paper":{"title":"Imaging the asymmetric dust shell around CI Cam with long baseline optical interferometry","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.IM"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.SR","authors_text":"(3) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, (4) Michelson Science Center, (5) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble (LAOG), (6) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (7) University of Massachusetts, A.-K. Tannirkulam (2) ((1) School of Physics, Astronomy, Astronomy Dept., California Institute of Technology, Department of Astronomy), E. Pedretti (1), F.P. Schloerb (7), J.D. Monnier (2), J.-P. Berger (5), M.R. Garcia (6), N.D. Thureau (1), R. Millan-Gabet (4), University of St Andrews (2) University of Michigan, W.A. Traub (3)","submitted_at":"2009-05-01T21:29:41Z","abstract_excerpt":"We present the first high angular resolution observation of the B[e] star/X-ray transient object CI Cam, performed with the two-telescope Infrared Optical Telescope Array (IOTA), its upgraded three-telescope version (IOTA3T) and the Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI). Visibilities and closure phases were obtained using the IONIC-3 integrated optics beam combiner. CI Cam was observed in the near-infrared H and K spectral bands, wavelengths well suited to measure the size and study the geometry of the hot dust surrounding CI Cam. The analysis of the visibility data over an 8 year period from s"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"0905.0154","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}