Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-04-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
6 pages, 2nd Subaru International Conference on Exoplanets and Disks: Their Formation and Diversity, Keauhou - Hawaii, 9-12 Ma
Scientific paper
Multi-wavelength spectroscopy can be used to constrain the dust and gas properties in debris disks. Circumstellar dust absorbs and scatters incident stellar light. The scattered light is sometimes resolved spatially at visual and near-infrared wavelengths using high contrast imaging techniques that suppress light from the central star. The thermal emission is inferred from infrared through submillimeter excess emission that may be 1-2 orders of magnitude brighter than the stellar photosphere alone. If the disk is not spatially resolved, then the radial distribution of the dust can be inferred from Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) modeling. If the grains are sufficiently small and warm, then their composition can be determined from mid-infrared spectroscopy. Otherwise, their composition may be determined from reflectance and/or far-infrared spectroscopy. Atomic and molecular gas absorb and resonantly scatter stellar light. Since the gas is believed to be secondary, detailed analysis analysis of the gas distribution, kinematics, and composition may also shed light on the dust composition and processing history.
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