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SILICA-RICH BRIGHT DEBRIS DISK AROUND HD 15407A

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal Letters
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  1. Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 650 North A'ohoku Pl., Hilo, HI 96720 (United States)
  2. Department of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
  3. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0015 (Japan)
  4. Department of Physics, School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 (Japan)
  5. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210 (Japan)
  6. Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka 560-0043, Osaka (Japan)
We report an intriguing debris disk toward the F3V star HD 15407A in which an extremely large amount of warm fine dust ({approx}10{sup -7} M{sub Circled-Plus }) is detected. The dust temperature is derived as {approx}500-600 K and the location of the debris dust is estimated as 0.6-1.0 AU from the central star, a terrestrial planet region. The fractional luminosity of the debris disk is {approx}0.005, which is much larger than those predicted by steady-state models of the debris disk produced by planetesimal collisions. The mid-infrared spectrum obtained by Spitzer indicates the presence of abundant {mu}m-sized silica dust, suggesting that the dust comes from the surface layer of differentiated large rocky bodies and might be trapped around the star.
OSTI ID:
22047894
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal Letters, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 749; ISSN 2041-8205
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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