Dust in Resonant Extrasolar Kuiper Belts - Grain Size and Wavelength Dependence of Disk Structure

Details Dust in Resonant Extrasolar Kuiper Belts - Grain Size and Wavelength Dependence of Disk Structure Dust in Resonant Extrasolar Kuiper Belts - Grain Size and Wavelength Dependence of Disk Structure

2005-11-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511219v1

Astrophys.J.639:1153-1165,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, accepted by ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/499487

This paper considers the distribution of dust which originates in the break-up of planetesimals that are trapped in resonance with a planet. There are three grain populations with different spatial distributions: (I) large grains have the clumpy resonant distribution of the planetesimals; (II) moderate sized grains are no longer in resonance and have an axisymmetric distribution; (III) small grains are blown out of the system by radiation pressure and have a distribution which falls off oc 1/r, however these grains can be further divided into subclasses: (IIIa) grains produced from pop I that exhibit trailing spiral structure emanating from the clumps; and (IIIb) grains produced from pop II that have an axisymmetric distribution. Since observations in different wavebands are sensitive to different sized dust grains, multi-wavelength imaging can be used to test models for the origin of debris disk structure. For example, a disk with no blow-out grains would appear clumpy in the sub-mm, but smooth at mid- to far-IR wavelengths. The wavelength of the transition is indicative of the mass of the perturbing planet. The size distribution of Vega's disk is modeled in the light of the recent Spitzer observations. The origin of the large quantities of pop III grains seen by Spitzer must be in the destruction of the grains seen in the sub-mm, and so at high resolution and sensitivity the mid- to far-IR structure of Vega's disk is predicted to include spiral structure emanating from the sub-mm clumps.

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