Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-03-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in Astonomical Journal. 13 pages including 1 table
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-6256/135/6/2194
Using both the Very Large Array (VLA) at 7mm wavelength, and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at 3mm, we have searched for microwave emission from from cool dust in the extrasolar planetary system Gliese 876 (Gl 876). Having detected no emission above our 3-sigma detection threshold of 135 microJy, we rule out any dust disk with either a mass greater than 0.0006 Earth masses or less than ~250 AU across. This result improves on previous detection aperture thresholds an order of magnitude greater, and it has some implications for the dynamical modeling of the system. It also is consistent with the Greaves et al. hypothesis that relates the presence of a debris disk to close-in planets. Due to the dust-planetesimal relationship, our null result may also provide a constraint on the population or composition of the dust and small bodies around this nearby M dwarf.
Blank David L.
Boboltz David A.
Lazio Joseph T. W.
Shankland Paul D.
White Graeme
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