Resolving the cold debris disc around a planet-hosting star . PACS photometric imaging observations of q1 Eridani (HD 10647, HR 506)
- Type de publi. : Article dans une revue
- Date de publi. : 01/01/2010
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Auteurs :
René LiseauCarlos EiroaD. FedeleJean-Charles AugereauGoran OlofssonB. GonzálezJesús MaldonadoB. MontesinosA. MoraOlivier AbsilDavid ArdilaDavid BarradoAmelia BayoCharles A. BeichmanG. BrydenWilliam C. DanchiCarlos del BurgoSteve ErtelMalcolm C. FridlundA. M. HerasAlexander V. KrivovRalf LaunhardtJ. LebretonT. LöhneJ. P. MarshallGwendolyn MeeusS. MüllerG. L. PilbrattA. RobergeJ. RodmannE. SolanoKarl R. StapelfeldtPhilippe ThébaultGlenn J. WhiteSebastian Wolf
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Organismes :
Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Stockholm Observatory, AlbaNova University Center
Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Université de Liège = University of Liège = Universiteit van Luik = Universität Lüttich
Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology
Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Computational Intelligence Research Group
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel = Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel = Université Christian-Albrechts de Kiel
ESA Astrophysics & Fundamental Physics Missions Division, ESTEC/SRE-SA
ESA Astrophysics & Fundamental Physics Missions Division, ESTEC/SRE-SA
Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitäts-Sternwarte
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitäts-Sternwarte
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Open University, Walton Hall
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitäts-Sternwarte
ESA Astrophysics & Fundamental Physics Missions Division, ESTEC/SRE-SA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ESA Space Environment and Effects Section, ESTEC
Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Open University, Walton Hall
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel = Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel = Université Christian-Albrechts de Kiel
- Publié dans Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A le 28/10/2020
Résumé : Context. About two dozen exo-solar debris systems have been spatially resolved. These debris discs commonly display a variety of structural features such as clumps, rings, belts, excentric distributions and spiral patterns. In most cases, these features are believed to be formed, shaped and maintained by the dynamical influence of planets orbiting the host stars. In very few cases has the presence of the dynamically important planet(s) been inferred from direct observation. Aims: The solar-type star q
1 Eri is known to be surrounded by debris, extended on scales of ⪅30''. The star is also known to host at least one planet, albeit on an orbit far too small to make it responsible for structures at distances of tens to hundreds of AU. The aim of the present investigation is twofold: to determine the optical and material properties of the debris and to infer the spatial distribution of the dust, which may hint at the presence of additional planets. Methods: The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) aboard the Herschel Space Observatory allows imaging observations in the far infrared at unprecedented resolution, i.e. at better than 6'' to 12'' over the wavelength range of 60 mum to 210 mum. Together with the results from ground-based observations, these spatially resolved data can be modelled to determine the nature of the debris and its evolution more reliably than what would be possible from unresolved data alone. Results: For the first time has the q
1 Eri disc been resolved at far infrared wavelengths. The PACS observations at 70 mum, 100 mum and 160 mum reveal an oval image showing a disc-like structure in all bands, the size of which increases with wavelength. Assuming a circular shape yields the inclination of its equatorial plane with respect to that of the sky, i > 53°. The results of image de-convolution indicate that i likely is larger than 63°, where 90° corresponds to an edge-on disc. Conclusions: The observed emission is thermal and optically thin. The resolved data are consistent with debris at temperatures below 30 K at radii larger than 120 AU. From image de-convolution, we find that q
1 Eri is surrounded by an about 40 AU wide ring at the radial distance of ~85 AU. This is the first real Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt analogue ever observed.
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