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白矮星小行星破裂的红外特征

Infrared Signatures of Disrupted Minor Planets at White Dwarfs

J. Farihi, M. Jura, B. Zuckerman

摘要:

本文介绍了斯皮策空间天文台IRAC和MIPS对20颗T <20,000 K的白矮星和金属污染光球的测光观测结果。GD 16和PG 1457-086可能都探测到了温暖的拱星盘,而其余的目标则没有显示出典型的中红外过量尘埃盘,包括一些严重污染的恒星。扩展先前的研究,超过50%的单颗白矮星的金属吸积率dM/dt > 3e 8 g/s,显示出轨道尘埃的温暖红外线过剩;这可能是潮汐摧毁小行星的结果。这个基准吸积率介于太阳系黄道带云的尘埃产生率1 e6 g/s和主序星A型星碎片盘的1 e10 g/s之间。据估计,在所有冷却年龄小于0.5 Gyr的单颗白矮星中,有1%到3%拥有星周尘埃,这意味着潜在的小行星群。

英文摘要:

Spitzer Space Observatory IRAC and MIPS photometric observations are presented for 20 white dwarfs with T < 20,000 K and metal-contaminated photospheres. A warm circumstellar disk is detected at GD 16 and likely at PG 1457-086, while the remaining targets fail to reveal mid-infrared excess typical of dust disks, including a number of heavily polluted stars. Extending previous studies, over 50% of all single white dwarfs with implied metal accretion rates dM/dt > 3e8 g/s display a warm infrared excess from orbiting dust; the likely result of a tidally-destroyed minor planet. This benchmark accretion rate lies between the dust production rates of 1e6 g/s in the solar system zodiacal cloud and 1e10 g/s often inferred for debris disks at main sequence A-type stars. It is estimated that between 1% and 3% of all single white dwarfs with cooling ages less than around 0.5 Gyr possess circumstellar dust, signifying an underlying population of minor planets.

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