Dust disks around Vega-type stars

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Cosmic Dust, Interstellar Matter, Stellar Envelopes, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Molecular Clouds

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This study presents 1300-micron observations of the circumstellar dust around Vega-type stars. A comparison of the new data (24-arcsec HPBW) for Alpha PsA, Tau-1 Eri and Epsilon Eri with previous measurements made at an angular resolution of 11-arcsec shows that the dust emission is extended. From measurements at different positions it is concluded that the circumstellar dust around Beta Pic does not exceed the size of the optical disk of 500 AU. A model for Beta Pic that fits optical as well as IR data is discussed. Finally, a scenario for the evolution of circumstellar grains is suggested where, on one side, the Poynting-Robertson effect removes the small particles and, on the other side, collisions lead to the formation of larger bodies. Time-dependent IR spectra in reasonable agreement with observations are presented.

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