The Dust cloud around the White Dwarf G 29-38

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2005-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511358v4

Astrophys.J. 635 (2005) L161-L165

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/499561

We present new observations of the white dwarf G 29-38 with the camera (4.5 and 8 microns), photometer (24 microns), and spectrograph (5.5-14 microns) of the Spitzer Space Telescope. This star has an exceptionally large infrared excess amounting to 3% of the bolometric luminosity. The spectral energy distribution has a continuum peak around 4.5 micros and a 9-11 micron emission feature 1.25 times brighter than the continuum. A mixture of amorphous olivine and a small amount of forsterite in an emitting region 1-5 Rsun from the star can reproduce the shape of the 9-11 micron feature. The spectral energy distribution also appears to require amorphous carbon to explain the hot continuum. Our new measurements support the idea that a relatively recent disruption of a comet or asteroid created the cloud.

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