Using Intermediate-Luminosity Optical Transients (ILOTs) to reveal extended extra-solar Kuiper belt objects
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2016-07-13 v2 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract
We suggest that in the rare case of an Intermediate-Luminosity Optical Transient (ILOTs) event, evaporation of extra-solar Kuiper belt objects (ExtraKBOs) at distances of d ~ 500 - 10000AU from the ILOT can be detected. If the ILOT lasts for 1 month to a few years, enough dust might be ejected from the ExtraKBOs for the IR emission to be detected. Because of the large distance of the ExtraKBOs, tens of years will pass before the ILOT wind disperses the dust. We suggest that after an ILOT outburst there is a period of months to several years during which IR excess emission might hint at the existence of a Kuiper belt analog (ExtraK-Belt).
Cite
@article{arxiv.1601.00328,
title = {Using Intermediate-Luminosity Optical Transients (ILOTs) to reveal extended extra-solar Kuiper belt objects},
author = {Ealeal Bear and Noam Soker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.00328},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, in press