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Our efficient numerical approach has been applied to modeling the asymmetric circumstellar dust disk around Beta Pictoris as observed with the HST/STIS. We present a new model on the origin of the warping of the Beta Pic disk. We suggest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nick Gorkavyi , Sara Heap , Leonid Ozernoy , Tanya Taidakova , John Mather

We present new coronagraphic images of Beta Pictoris obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) in September 1997. The high-resolution images (0.1") clearly detect the circumstellar disk as close as 0.75" to the star,…

Observations have revealed a large variety of structures (global asymmetries, warps, belts, rings) and dynamical phenomena ("falling-evaporating bodies" or FEBs, the "Beta Pic dust stream") in the disc of Beta Pictoris, most of which may…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Florian Freistetter , Alexander V. Krivov , Torsten Löhne

We present millimeter imaging observations in the 1200 micron continuum of the disk around beta Pictoris. With the 25 arcsec beam, the beta Pic disk is unresolved perpendicularly to the disk plane (< 10 arcsec), but slightly resolved in the…

We present deep HST/STIS coronagraphic images of the Beta Pic debris disk obtained at two epochs separated by 15 years. The new images and the re-reduction of the 1997 data provide the most sensitive and detailed views of the disk at…

The nearby main sequence star Beta Pictoris is surrounded by an edge-on disk of dust produced by the collisional erosion of larger planetesimals. Here we report the discovery of substructure within the northeast extension of the disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Kalas , J. Larwood , B. A. Smith , A. Schultz

We have obtained Spitzer IRS 5.5 - 35 micron spectroscopy of the debris disk around beta Pictoris. In addition to the 10 micron silicate emission feature originally observed from the ground, we also detect the crystalline silicate emission…

The $\beta$ Pictoris system is characterized by a dusty debris disk, in addition to the presence of two already known planets. This makes it a particularly interesting case for studying the formation and evolution of planetary systems at a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-26 A. Lacquement , H. Beust , V. Faramaz-Gorka , G. Duchêne

The nearby young star beta Pictoris hosts a rich and complex planetary system, with at least two giant planets and a nearly edge-on debris disk that contains several dynamical subpopulations of planetesimals. While the inner ranges of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 Markus Janson , Alexis Brandeker , Göran Olofsson , Rene Liseau

Using VLT/SPHERE near-infrared dual-band imaging and integral field spectroscopy we discovered an edge-on debris disk around the 17\,Myr old A-type member of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association HD 110058. The edge-on disk can be traced to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Markus Kasper , Daniel Apai , Kevin Wagner , Massimo Robberto

The edge-on debris disk of the nearby young star Beta Pictoris shows an unusual brightness asymmetry in the form of a clump. The clump has been detected in both the mid-IR and CO and its origin has so far remained uncertain. Here we present…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Yinuo Han , Mark C. Wyatt , William R. F. Dent

The intermediate-mass star Beta Pictoris is known to be surrounded by a structured edge-on debris disk within which a gas giant planet was discovered orbiting at 8-10 AU. The physical properties of Beta Pic b were previously inferred from…

Very few debris discs have been imaged in scattered light at wavelengths beyond 3 microns because the thermal emission from both the sky and the telescope is generally too strong with respect to the faint emission of a debris disc. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 J. Milli , A. -M. Lagrange , D. Mawet , O. Absil , J. -C. Augereau , D. Mouillet , A. Boccaletti , J. H. Girard , G. Chauvin

We present and analyze a new M' detection of the young exoplanet beta Pictoris b from 2008 VLT/NaCo data at a separation of ~ 4 AU and a high signal-to-noise rereduction of L' data taken in December 2009. Based on our orbital analysis, the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Thayne Currie , Christian Thalmann , Soko Matsumura , Nikku Madhusudhan , Adam Burrows , Marc Kuchner

We present 3-D models of dust distribution around beta Pictoris that produce the best fits to the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys' (HST/ACS) images obtained by Golimowski and co-workers. We allow for the presence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Mirza Ahmic , Bryce Croll , Pawel Artymowicz

We present observations at 1.3 millimeters wavelength of the beta Pictoris debris disk with beam size 4.3 x 2.6 arcsec (83 x 50 AU) from the Submillimeter Array. The emission shows two peaks separated by ~7 arsec along the disk plane, which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 David J. Wilner , Sean M. Andrews , A. Meredith Hughes

We numerically investigate the dynamics of how a close stellar fly-by encounter of a symmetrical circumstellar planetesimal disc can give rise to the many kinds of asymmetries and substructures attributed to the edge-on dusty disc of Beta…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. D. Larwood , P. G. Kalas

Since the discovery of its dusty disk in 1984, Beta Pictoris has become the prototype of young early-type planetary systems, and there are now various indications that a massive Jovian planet is orbiting the star at ~ 10 AU. However, no…

High-resolution K band imaging polarimetry of the beta Pic dust disk has been conducted with adaptive optics and a coronagraph using the Subaru 8.2-m telescope. Polarization of ~10 % is detected out to r ~ 120 AU with a centro-symmetric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Motohide Tamura , Misato Fukagawa , Hiroshi Kimura , Tetsuo Yamamoto , Hiroshi Suto , Lyu Abe

Context. The study of protoplanetary disks is fundamental to understand their evolution and interaction with the surrounding environment, and to constrain planet formation mechanisms. Aims. We aim at characterising the young binary system…

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