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Mid-infrared spectrophotometric observations have revealed a small sub-class of circumstellar disks with spectral energy distributions (SEDs) suggestive of large inner gaps with low dust content. However, such data provide only an indirect…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 J. M. Brown , G. A. Blake , C. Qi , C. P. Dullemond , D. J. Wilner , J. P. Williams

(abridged) Debris disks around main sequence stars are produced by the erosion and evaporation of unseen parent bodies. AU Microscopii (GJ 803) is a compelling object to study in the context of disk evolution across different spectral…

We have obtained sub-arcsec mid-IR images of a sample of debris disks within 100 pc. For our sample of nineteen A-type debris disk candidates chosen for their IR excess, we have resolved, for the first time, five sources plus the previously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Margaret Moerchen , Charles Telesco , Christopher Packham

We present the first mid-IR long baseline interferometric observations of the circumstellar matter around binary post-AGB stars. Two objects, SX Cen and HD 52961, were observed using the VLTI/MIDI instrument during Science Demonstration…

We report MIRI-JWST coronagraphic observations at 11.3 and 15.5 mic of the debris disk around the young star HD 106906. The observations were made to characterize the structure, temperature and mass of the disk through the thermal emission…

We model the infrared (IR) emission from the double-ring disk of HD 141569A, using a porous dust model that was previously shown successful in reproducing the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the disks around $\beta$ Pictoris and HR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Aigen Li , J. I. Lunine

Two thirds of the F star members of the 12 Myr old Beta Pictoris Moving Group (BPMG) show significant excess emission in the mid-infrared, several million years after the expected dispersal of the protoplanetary disc. Theoretical models of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Laura J. Churcher , Mark C. Wyatt , Rachel Smith

The excess emission seen in spectral energy distributions (SEDs) is commonly used to infer the properties of the emitting circumstellar dust in protoplanetary and debris discs. Most notably, dust size distributions and details of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-16 Torsten Löhne

Debris disks are the signposts of collisionally eroding planetesimal circumstellar belts, whose study can put important constraints on the structure of extrasolar planetary systems. The best constraints on the morphology of disks are often…

In this paper we analyze new observations from ALMA and VLA, at a high angular resolution corresponding to 5 - 8 au, of the protoplanetary disk around HD 163296 to determine the dust spatial distribution and grain properties. We fit the…

Many debris disks seen in scattered light have shapes that imply their dust grains trace highly eccentric, apsidally aligned orbits. Apsidal alignment is surprising, especially for dust. Even when born from an apse-aligned ring of parent…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Jonathan W. Lin , Eugene Chiang

The presence of dusty debris around main sequence stars denotes the existence of planetary systems. Such debris disks are often identified by the presence of excess continuum emission at infrared and (sub-)millimetre wavelengths, with…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Jonathan P. Marshall , S. T. Maddison , E. Thilliez , B. C. Matthews , D. J. Wilner , J. S. Greaves , W. S. Holland

We present near- and mid-infrared (IR) broadband imaging observations of the edge-on protoplanetary disk around HH 30 with the James Webb Space Telescope/Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). We combine these…

We present 880 um Submillimeter Array observations of the debris disks around the young solar analogue HD 107146 and the multiple-planet host star HR 8799, at an angular resolution of 3" and 6", respectively. We spatially resolve the inner…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 A. Meredith Hughes , David J. Wilner , Sean M. Andrews , Jonathan P. Williams , Kate Y. L. Su , Ruth A. Murray-Clay , Chunhua Qi

We report the detection of a ring of warm dust in the edge-on disk surrounding HD 32297 with the Gemini-N/MICHELLE mid-infrared imager. Our N'-band image shows elongated structure consistent with the orientation of the scattered-light disk.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael P. Fitzgerald , Paul G. Kalas , James R. Graham

Debris disks or belts are important signposts for the presence of colliding planetesimals and, therefore, for ongoing planet formation and evolution processes in young planetary systems. Imaging of debris material at small separations from…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 N. Engler , H. M. Schmid , S. P. Quanz , H. Avenhaus , A. Bazzon

We present a detailed analysis of the mid-infrared spectrum of the peculiar evolved object HR 4049. The full Spitzer-IRS high-resolution spectrum shows a wealth of emission with prominent features from CO$_2$ and H$_2$O and possible…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Sarah E. Malek , Jan Cami

Context. Multi-wavelength observations are indispensable in studying disk geometry and dust evolution processes in protoplanetary disks. Aims. We aimed to construct a 3-dimensional model of HD 163296 capable of reproducing simultaneously…

We present new MIDI interferometric and VISIR spectroscopic observations of HD113766 and HD172555. Additionally we present VISIR 11um and 18um imaging observations of HD113766. These sources represent the youngest (16Myr and 12Myr old…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 R. Smith , M. C. Wyatt , C. A. Haniff