Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-06-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Six postscript pages with one additional PDF file. To appear in the ApJ Supplement, Vol. 154, Spitzer Special Issue, September
Scientific paper
10.1086/423177
We present 3-160 micron photometry obtained with the IRAC and MIPS instruments for the first five targets from the Spitzer Legacy Science Program "Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems" and 4-35 micron spectro-photometry obtained with the IRS for two sources. We discuss in detail our observations of the debris disks surrounding HD 105 (G0V, 30 +- 10 Myr) and HD 150706 (G3V, ~ 700 +- 300 Myr). For HD 105, possible interpretations include large bodies clearing the dust inside of 45 AU or a reservoir of gas capable of sculpting the dust distribution. The disk surrounding HD 150706 also exhibits evidence of a large inner hole in its dust distribution. Of the four survey targets without previously detected IR excess, spanning ages 30 Myr to 3 Gyr, the new detection of excess in just one system of intermediate age suggests a variety of initial conditions or divergent evolutionary paths for debris disk systems orbiting solar-type stars.
Backman Dana E.
Beckwith Steven V. W.
Bouwman Jeroen
Brooke Timothy Young
Carpenter John Michael
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