@inproceedings{50ea6a771eef4dcca21d4830e41d4902,
title = "The K-band intensity profile of R Leonis probed by VLTI/VINCI",
abstract = "We present near-infrared K-band interferometric measurements of the Mira star R Leonis obtained in April 2001 and January 2002 with VLTI/VINCI. The April 2001 measurements indicate a center-to-limb intensity variation (CLV) that is clearly different from a uniform disk (UD) intensity profile. We show that these measured visibility values are consistent with predictions from recent self-excited dynamic Mira model atmospheres. We derived high-precision Rosseland diameters for the two epochs and, together with literature estimates of the distance and the bolometric flux, we find linear radii of 350-40+50 R⊙ and 320-40+50 R⊙ and effective temperatures of 2930 ± 270 K and 3080 ± 310 K, respectively.",
author = "D. Fedele and M. Wittkowski and F. Paresce and M. Scholz and Wood, \{P. R.\} and S. Ciroi",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-74256-2\_10",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540742530",
series = "ESO Astrophysics Symposia",
pages = "95--98",
editor = "Andrea Richichi and Francoise Delplancke and Francesco Paresce and Alain Chelli",
booktitle = "The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry",
}