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Bonsor, Amy, Wyatt, Mark C, Kral, Quentin, Kennedy, Grant M., Shannon, Andrew and Ertel, Steve (2018) Using warm dust to constrain unseen planets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480 (4). pp. 5560-5579. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2200 ISSN 0035-8711.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2200
Abstract
Cold outer debris belts orbit a significant fraction of stars, many of which are planet hosts. Radiative forces from the star lead to dust particles leaving the outer belts and spiralling inwards under Poynting-Robertson drag. We present an empirical model fitted to N-body simulations that allows the fate of these dust particles when they encounter a planet to be rapidly calculated. High-mass planets eject most particles, whilst dust passes low-mass planets relatively unperturbed. Close-in, high-mass planets (hot Jupiters) are best at accreting dust. The model predicts the accretion rate of dust on to planets interior to debris belts, with mass accretion rates of up to hundreds of kilograms per second predicted for hot Jupiters interior to outer debris belts, when collisional evolution is also taken into account. The model can be used to infer the presence and likely masses of as yet undetected planets in systems with outer belts. The non-detection of warm dust with the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) around Vega could be explained by the presence of a single Saturn mass planet, or a chain of lower mass planets. Similarly, the detection of warm dust in such systems implies the absence of planets above a quantifiable level, which can be lower than similar limits from direct imaging. The level of dust detected with LBTI around β Leo can be used to rule out the presence of planets more massive than a few Saturn masses outside of ~5au.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||||||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Extrasolar planets -- Detection, Cosmic dust, Space debris, Stars with planets, Accretion (Astrophysics) | ||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0035-8711 | ||||||||||||||||||
Official Date: | 11 November 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 480 | ||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 5560-5579 | ||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/sty2200 | ||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society following peer review. The version of record Amy Bonsor, Mark C Wyatt, Quentin Kral, Grant Kennedy, Andrew Shannon, Steve Ertel; Using warm dust to constrain unseen planets, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 480, Issue 4, 11 November 2018, Pages 5560–5579, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2200 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2200 | ||||||||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 September 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 September 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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