THE DROP DURING LESS THAN 300 DAYS OF A DUSTY WHITE DWARF'S INFRARED LUMINOSITY
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· Astrophysical Journal Letters
We report Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera photometry of WD J0959–0200, a white dwarf that displays excess infrared radiation from a disk, likely produced by a tidally disrupted planetesimal. We find that in 2010, the fluxes in both 3.6 μm and 4.5 μm decreased by ∼35% in less than 300 days. The drop in the infrared luminosity is likely due to an increase of the inner disk radius from one of two scenarios: (1) a recent planetesimal impact; (2) instability in the circumstellar disk. The current situation is tantalizing; high-sensitivity, high-cadence infrared studies will be a new tool to study the interplay between a disk and its host white dwarf star.
- OSTI ID:
- 22365055
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 792, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2041-8205
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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