A narrow, edge-on disk resolved around HD 106906 with SPHERE
Abstract
HD~106906AB is so far the only young binary system around which a planet has been imaged and a debris disk evidenced thanks to a strong IR excess. As such, it represents a unique opportunity to study the dynamics of young planetary systems. We aim at further investigating the close (tens of au scales) environment of the HD~106906AB system. We used the extreme AO fed, high contrast imager SPHERE recently installed on the VLT to observe HD~106906. Both the IRDIS imager and the Integral Field Spectrometer were used. We discovered a very inclined, ring-like disk at a distance of 65~au from the star. The disk shows a strong brightness asymmetry with respect to its semi-major axis. It shows a smooth outer edge, compatible with ejection of small grains by the stellar radiation pressure. We show furthermore that the planet's projected position is significantly above the disk's PA. Given the determined disk inclination, it is not excluded though that the planet could still orbit within the disk plane if at a large separation (2000--3000 au). We identified several additional point sources in the SPHERE/IRDIS field-of-view, that appear to be background objects. We compare this system with other debris disks sharing similarities, and we briefly discuss the present results in the framework of dynamical evolution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1510.02511,
title = {A narrow, edge-on disk resolved around HD 106906 with SPHERE},
author = {A. -M. Lagrange and M. Langlois and R. Gratton and A. -L. Maire and J. Milli and J. Olofsson and A. Vigan and V. Bailey and D. Mesa and G. Chauvin and A. Boccaletti and R. Galicher and J. M. Girard and M. Bonnefoy and M. Samland and F. Menard and T. Henning and M. Kenworthy and C. Thalmann and H. Beust and J. -L. Beuzit and W. Brandner and E. Buenzli and A. Cheetham and M. Janson and H. le Coroller and J. Lannier and D. Mouillet and S. Peretti and C. Perrot and G. Salter and E. Sissa and Z. Wahhaj and L. Abe and S. Desidera and M. Feldt and F. Madec and D. Perret and C. Petit and P. Rabou and C. Soenke and L. Weber},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.02511},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
7 pages, 6 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics