CONSTRAINTS ON PLANETESIMAL COLLISION MODELS IN DEBRIS DISKS
CONSTRAINTS ON PLANETESIMAL COLLISION MODELS IN DEBRIS DISKS
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碎片盘中星子碰撞模型的约束
DOI:
10.3847/0004-637x/823/2/79
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发表时间:
2016
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通讯作者:
A. Steele
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作者:
M. MacGregor;D. Wilner;C. Chandler;L. Ricci;S. Maddison;S. Cranmer;S. Andrews;A. Hughes;A. Steele
Observations of debris disks offer a window into the physical and dynamical properties of planetesimals in extrasolar systems through the size distribution of dust grains. In particular, the millimeter spectral index of thermal dust emission encodes information on the grain size distribution. We have made new VLA observations of a sample of seven nearby debris disks at 9 mm, with resolution and ∼5 μJy beam−1rms. We combine these with archival ATCA observations of eight additional debris disks observed at 7 mm, together with up-to-date observations of all disks at (sub)millimeter wavelengths from the literature, to place tight constraints on the millimeter spectral indices and thus grain size distributions. The analysis gives a weighted mean for the slope of the power-law grain size distribution, , of , with a possible trend of decreasing q for later spectral type stars. We compare our results to a range of theoretical models of collisional cascades, from the standard self-similar, steady-state size distribution (q = 3.5) to solutions that incorporate more realistic physics such as alternative velocity distributions and material strengths, the possibility of a cutoff at small dust sizes from radiation pressure, and results from detailed dynamical calculations of specific disks. Such effects can lead to size distributions consistent with the data, and plausibly the observed scatter in spectral indices. For the AU Mic system, the VLA observations show clear evidence of a highly variable stellar emission component; this stellar activity obviates the need to invoke the presence of an asteroid belt to explain the previously reported compact millimeter source in this system.
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影响因子:
6.5
作者:
Ch. Vitense;A.V. Krivov;H. Kobayashi;T. Löhne
通讯作者:
T. Löhne
影响因子:
6.5
作者:
Ch. Schüppler;T. Löhne;A. V. Krivov;S. Ertel;J. P. Marshall;C. Eiroa
通讯作者:
C. Eiroa
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
N. Pawellek;A. V. Krivov
通讯作者:
A. V. Krivov
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/772/1/32
发表时间:
2013-06
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
A. Krivov;C. Eiroa;T. Löhne;J. Marshall;B. Montesinos;C. D. Burgo;O. Absil;D. Ardila;J. Augereau;A. Bayo;A. Bayo;G. Bryden;W. Danchi;S. Ertel;J. Lebreton;R. Liseau;A. Mora;A. Mustill;H. Mutschke;R. Neuhäuser;G. Pilbratt;A. Roberge;T. Schmidt;K. Stapelfeldt;P. Th'ebault;Christian Vitense;G. J. White;G. J. White;S. Wolf
通讯作者:
A. Krivov;C. Eiroa;T. Löhne;J. Marshall;B. Montesinos;C. D. Burgo;O. Absil;D. Ardila;J. Augereau;A. Bayo;A. Bayo;G. Bryden;W. Danchi;S. Ertel;J. Lebreton;R. Liseau;A. Mora;A. Mustill;H. Mutschke;R. Neuhäuser;G. Pilbratt;A. Roberge;T. Schmidt;K. Stapelfeldt;P. Th'ebault;Christian Vitense;G. J. White;G. J. White;S. Wolf
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/792/1/65
发表时间:
2014
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
N. Pawellek;A. V. Krivov;J.-P. Marshall;B. Montesinos;P. Abrahám;A. Moór;G. Bryden;C. Eiroa
通讯作者:
C. Eiroa