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Hot exozodiacal dust resolved around Vega with IOTA/IONIC

Hot exozodiacal dust resolved around Vega with IOTA/IONIC

Although debris discs have been detected around a significant number of main-sequence stars, only a few of them are known to harbour hot dust in their inner part where terrestrial planets may have formed. Thanks to infrared interferometric observations, it is possible to obtain a direct measurement of these regions, …