The nature of mid-infrared excesses from hot dust around Sun-like stars

2008/04/28 by R. Smith, Rowan J. Smith, M. C. Wyatt +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Circumstellar dust #Cosmic dust #Debris #Debris disk #Infrared #Meteorology #Physics #Planet #Planetary system #Solar System #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078719

Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Abstract

Aims. Studies of the debris disk phenomenon have shown that most systems are analogous to the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt (EKB). However a rare subset of sun-like stars possess dust which lies, in contrast, in the terrestrial planet region. In this study we aim to determine how many sources with apparent mid-infrared excess are truly hosts of warm dust, and investigate where the dust in these systems must lie.

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• THE NEARBY, YOUNG, ISOLATED, DUSTY STAR HD 166191
• Corvus (constellation) [wikipedia]

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