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NGC 2547中新的M矮星碎片盘候选者

New M dwarf debris disk candidates in NGC 2547

Jan Forbrich, Charles J. Lada, August A. Muench, Paula S. Teixeira

摘要:

只有六个已知的例子,M矮星碎片盘是罕见的,即使M矮星构成银河系中的大多数恒星。在对NGC 2547进行浅中红外观测时发现了一个新的M矮星碎片盘后,我们提供了该区域相当深的Spitzer-MIPS图像,最大曝光时间为每像素15分钟。在从先前公布的成员名单中选择的来源中,我们确定了9个新的M矮星,它们在24微米处有过量的发射,跟踪靠近这些恒星雪线的温暖物质,轨道半径小于1 AU。我们认为,这些可能是碎片盘,这表明行星形成正在这些系统中进行。有趣的是,在我们的样本中,M星的估计过剩分数似乎高于G星和K星。

英文摘要:

With only six known examples, M-dwarf debris disks are rare, even though M dwarfs constitute the majority of stars in the Galaxy. After finding a new M dwarf debris disk in a shallow mid-infrared observation of NGC 2547, we present a considerably deeper Spitzer-MIPS image of the region, with a maximum exposure time of 15 minutes per pixel. Among sources selected from a previously published membership list, we identify nine new M dwarfs with excess emission at 24 micron tracing warm material close to the snow line of these stars, at orbital radii of less than 1 AU. We argue that these are likely debris disks, suggesting that planet formation is under way in these systems. Interestingly, the estimated excess fraction of M stars appears to be higher than that of G and K stars in our sample.

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