NICMOS Observations of the Pre-Main-Sequence Planetary Debris System HD 98800
Abstract
Spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from 0.4 to 4.7 microns are presented for the two principal stellar components of HD~98800, A and B. The third major component, an extensive planetary debris system (PDS), emits > 20% of the luminosity of star B in a blackbody SED at 164 +/- 5K extending from mid-IR to millimeter-wavelengths. At 0.95 microns a preliminary upper limit of < 0.06 is obtained for the ratio of reflected light to the total from star B. This result limits the albedo of the PDS to < 0.3. Values are presented for the temperature, luminosity, and radius of each major systemic component. Remarkable similarities are found between the PDS and the interplanetary debris system around the Sun as it could have appeared a few million years after its formation.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9905366,
title = {NICMOS Observations of the Pre-Main-Sequence Planetary Debris System HD 98800},
author = {Frank J. Low and Dean C. Hines and Glenn Schneider},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9905366},
year = {2009}
}
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LaTeX, 9 pages with 1 encapsulated postscript figure and one specially formatted Table which is rendered as a postscript file and included as a figure. Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters