On Grain Dynamics in Debris Discs: Continuous Outward Flows and Embedded Planets

Details On Grain Dynamics in Debris Discs: Continuous Outward Flows and Embedded Planets On Grain Dynamics in Debris Discs: Continuous Outward Flows and Embedded Planets

2009-09-07

arxiv.org/abs/0909.1194v1

Astron.J.137:4169,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

33 pages, 15 figures, published in AJ 2009

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-6256/137/5/4169

This study employed grain dynamic models to examine the density distribution of debris discs, and discussed the effects of the collisional time-intervals of asteroidal bodies, the maximum grain sizes, and the chemical compositions of the dust grains of the models, in order to find out whether a steady out-moving flow with an 1/R profile could be formed. The results showed that a model with new grains every 100 years, a smaller maximum grain size, and a composition C400 has the best fit to the 1/R profile because: (1) the grains have larger values of beta on average,therefore, they can be blown out easily; (2) the new grains are generated frequently enough to replace those have been blown out. With the above two conditions, some other models can have a steady out-moving flow with an approximate 1/R profile. However, those models in which new grains are generated every 1000 years have density distributions far from the profile of a continuous out-moving flow. Moreover, the analysis on the signatures of planets in debris discs showed that there are no indications when a planet is in a continuous out-moving flow, however, the signatures are obvious in a debris disc with long-lived grains.

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