Through Spitzer Space Telescope's observations, Su et al. (2005) show that the Vega debris disc is dominated by grains which are small enough to be blown out by radiation pressure. This implies the lifetime of Vega debris disc's grains is relatively short, about 1000 years, and a continuous dust production is necessary to maintain the observed debris disc. However, Krivov et al. (2006)'s theoretical calculations show that the Vega debris disc is dominated by 10 micro-meter grains, which would be in bound orbits and thus long-lived, provided that the disc is in a steady state. In order to solve the above contradiction, through dynamical simulations, we determine the grains' orbital evolutions and density profiles and seek a model of size distribution which can reproduce the observed surface brightness. Our results show that a self-consistent dynamical model with a 1/R disc density profile can be constructed when the grains have a power-law size distribution. Moreover, both types of models, dominated by short-lived and long-lived grains, are consistent with the observational data.
Now you see me, now you don't: Deep, long-lived obscuration events of white dwarfs by dust and debris from disintegrating planetesimals
Institute of Science and Technology Austria（奥地利科学技术研究所）；Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam（阿姆斯特丹大学安顿·潘内科克天文学研究所）；Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院凯斯天体物理中心）；Department of Astronomy & Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University（波士顿大学天文系与天体物理研究所）；Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian（哈佛-史密森尼天体物理中心）；Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias（加那利天体物理学研究所）；Department of Physics, University of Warwick（华威大学物理系）；Columbia University（哥伦比亚大学）
Investigating Variability in Long-lived Protoplanetary Disks (>10 Myr) using NEOWISE
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati（印度科学教育研究所提鲁帕蒂分校）；Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México（墨西哥国立自治大学天文学研究所）
WD 1054-226 revisited: a stable transiting debris system
Observatoire Astronomique de l’Université de Genève（日内瓦大学天文台）；Lund University（隆德大学）；Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)（拉帕鲁纳大学）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)（加那利天体物理研究所）；McDonald Observatory（麦克唐纳天文台）；The University of Tokyo（东京大学）
