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We present the first resolved image of the debris disk around the 16+/-8 Myr old star, HD 114082. The observation was made in the H-band using the SPHERE instrument. The star is at a distance of 92+/-6 pc in the Lower Centaurus Crux…

Debris disks are dusty, optically thin structures around main sequence stars. HD 106906AB is a short-period stellar binary, host to a wide separation planet, HD 106906b, and a debris disk. Only a few known systems include a debris disk and…

Debris disks have been found primarily around intermediate and solar mass stars (spectral types A-K) but rarely around low mass M-type stars. We have spatially resolved a debris disk around the remarkable M3-type star GJ581 hosting multiple…

We present high-contrast observations of the circumstellar environment of the Herbig Ae/Be star HD100546. The final 3.8 micron image reveals an emission source at a projected separation of 0.48"+-0.04" (corresponding to ~47+-4 AU at a…

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Studying the physical conditions in circumstellar disks is a crucial step toward understanding planet formation. Of particular interest is the case of HD 100546, a Herbig Be star that presents a gap within the first 13 AU of its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 E. Tatulli , M. Benisty , F. Ménard , P. Varnière , C. Martin-Zaidi , W. -F. Thi , C. Pinte , F. Massi , G. Weigelt , K. -H. Hofmann , R. G. Petrov

The young star AB Aurigae is surrounded by a complex combination of gas-rich and dust dominated structures. The inner disk which has not been studied previously at sufficient resolution and imaging dynamic range seems to contain very little…

We present new optical and near-IR images of debris disk around the F-type star HD 114082. We obtained direct imaging observations and analysed the TESS photometric time series data of this target with a goal to search for planetary…

While detecting low mass exoplanets at tens of au is beyond current instrumentation, debris discs provide a unique opportunity to study the outer regions of planetary systems. Here we report new ALMA observations of the 80-200 Myr old Solar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 S. Marino , J. Carpenter , M. C. Wyatt , M. Booth , S. Casassus , V. Faramaz , V. Guzman , A. M. Hughes , A. Isella G. M. Kennedy , L. Matrà , L. Ricci , S. Corder

[abridged] Aims. Our Herschel Open Time Key Programme DUNES aims at detecting and characterizing debris disks around nearby, sun-like stars. In addition to the statistical analysis of the data, the detailed study of single objects through…

We present the results of a coronagraphic scattered-light imaging survey of six young disk candidate stars using the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys. The observations made use of the 1.8" occulting spot through the F606W…

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.…

Debris disks, the tenuous rocky and icy remnants of planet formation, are believed to be evidence for planetary systems around other stars. The JCMT/SCUBA-2 debris disk legacy survey 'SCUBA-2 Observations of Nearby Stars' (SONS) observed…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-04 J. P. Marshall , M. Booth , W. S. Holland , B. C. Matthews , J. S. Greaves , B. Zuckerman

We present our analysis of the Gemini/NICI H-band data of HD 95086, following the discovery of the planet HD 95086 b in L'. The H-band data reach a contrast of 12.7 mag relative to the host star at 5 sigma levels in the location of HD 95086…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 T. Meshkat , V. Bailey , J. Rameau , M. Bonnefoy , A. Boccaletti , E. E. Mamajek , M. Kenworthy , G. Chauvin , A. -M. Lagrange , K. Y. L. Su , T. Currie

We report the robust detection of coherent, localised deviations from Keplerian rotation possibly associated with the presence of two giant planets embedded in the disc around HD 163296. The analysis is performed using the DISCMINER…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-05 Andres F. Izquierdo , Stefano Facchini , Giovanni P. Rosotti , Ewine F. van Dishoeck , Leonardo Testi

Since giant planets scatter planetesimals within a few tidal radii of their orbits, the locations of existing planetesimal belts indicate regions where giant planet formation failed in bygone protostellar disks. Infrared observations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Sarah E. Dodson-Robinson , C. A. Beichman , John M. Carpenter , Geoffrey Bryden

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 fine dust detected by IR emission around the nearby Beta Pic analogue star HD172555 is very peculiar. The dust mineralogy is composed primarily of highly refractory, non-equilibrium materials, with approximately three-quarters of the Si…

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