rs cvn stars are radio emitters but the cause of the radio emission in quiescence is unkown, even as to whether it is thermal or non-thermal. we propose to address this problem by obtaining high s/n data in the infrared using iso. these data, combined with millimetre and sub-millimetre data we are in the process of getting from the jcmt, will enable us to accurately remove the stellar contribution from the far infrared-millimetre flux distribution, and thus to determine, for the first time, the shape of the flux distribution at the high frequency tail of the radio emission. this information will then immediately resolve the question of the nature of the quiescent radio emission in these systems.
Instrument
PHT03 , PHT17 , PHT19 , PHT40
Temporal Coverage
1997-01-17T13:42:08Z/1998-03-05T01:10:20Z
Version
1.0
Mission Description
The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was the world's first true orbiting infrared observatory. Equipped with four highly-sophisticated and versatile scientific instruments, it was launched by Ariane in November 1995 and provided astronomers world-wide with a facility of unprecedented sensitivity and capabilities for a detailed exploration of the Universe at infrared wavelengths.
