Vega: smaller dust grains in a larger shell

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May 1994

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Astronomy and Astrophysics 285, 229-232 (1994)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Individual: Vega, Planetary Systems, Infrared: Stars

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We have re-analysed the IRAS pointed observations of Vega. We find that the 60 μm emission of Vega is as extended as 35 +/- 5 arcsec. This is much larger than the generally accepted 23 arcsec (Aumann et al. 1984). Adopting a distance for Vega of 8.1 pc, the IR emission must be originating from a dust shell with a radius of 140 AU. This implies that a significant fraction of the dust grains is larger than 0.1 μm, but smaller than 10 μm. Thus, to explain the 60 μm emission of Vega the presence of grains larger than 10 μm is not necessary. However, as the smallest grains (a < 10 μm) are blown away due to the radiation pressure, and the remaining small grains (a < 1 mm) have spiralled into the star due to the Poynting-Robertson effect, a continuous production of small grains must be going on.

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