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(2019) Dust production in the debris disk around HR 4796 A. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 630 . A142. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935998 ISSN 0004-6361.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935998
Abstract
Context. Debris disks are the natural by-products of the planet formation process. Scattered or polarized light observations are mostly sensitive to small dust grains that are released from the grinding down of bigger planetesimals.
Aims. High angular resolution observations at optical wavelengths can provide key constraints on the radial and azimuthal distribution of the small dust grains. These constraints can help us better understand where most of the dust grains are released upon collisions.
Methods. We present SPHERE/ZIMPOL observations of the debris disk around HR 4796 A, and we modeled the radial profiles along several azimuthal angles of the disk with a code that accounts for the effect of stellar radiation pressure. This enabled us to derive an appropriate description for the radial and azimuthal distribution of the small dust grains.
Results. Even though we only modeled the radial profiles along, or close to, the semi-major axis of the disk, our best-fit model is not only in good agreement with our observations but also with previously published datasets (from near-infrared to sub-mm wavelengths). We find that the reference radius is located at 76.4 ± 0.4 au, and the disk has an eccentricity of 0.076−0.010+0.016 with the pericenter located on the front side of the disk (north of the star). We find that small dust grains must be preferentially released near the pericenter to explain the observed brightness asymmetry.
Conclusions. Even though parent bodies spend more time near the apocenter, the brightness asymmetry implies that collisions happen more frequently near the pericenter of the disk. Our model can successfully reproduce the shape of the outer edge of the disk without requiring an outer planet shaping the debris disk. With a simple treatment for the effect of the radiation pressure, we conclude that the parent planetesimals are located in a narrow ring of about 3.6 au in width.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Circumstellar matter, Scattering (Physics) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | EDP Sciences | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0004-6361 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 9 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 630 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Article Number: | A142 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201935998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, © ESO” | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | © ESO 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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