The β Pictoris disk imaged by Herschel PACS and SPIRE

B. Vandenbussche; B. Sibthorpe; B. Acke; E. Pantin; G. Olofsson; C. Waelkens; C. Dominik; M. J. Barlow; J. A. D. L. Blommaert; J. Bouwman; A. Brandeker; M. Cohen; W. De Meester; W. R.F. Dent; K. Exter; J. Di Francesco; M. Fridlund; W. K. Gear; A. M. Glauser; H. L. Gomez; J. S. Greaves; P. C. Hargrave; P. M. Harvey; Th Henning; A. M. Heras; M. R. Hogerheijde; W. S. Holland; R. Huygen; R. J. Ivison; C. Jean; S. J. Leeks; T. L. Lim; R. Liseau; B. C. Matthews; D. A. Naylor; G. L. Pilbratt; E. T. Polehampton; S. Regibo; P. Royer; A. Sicilia-Aguilar; B. M. Swinyard; H. Walker; R. Wesson

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The β Pictoris disk imaged by Herschel PACS and SPIRE

B. Vandenbussche, B. Sibthorpe, B. Acke, E. Pantin, G. Olofsson, C. Waelkens, C. Dominik, M. J. Barlow, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, J. Bouwman, A. Brandeker, M. Cohen, W. De Meester, W. R.F. Dent, K. Exter, J. Di Francesco, M. Fridlund, W. K. Gear, A. M. Glauser, H. L. GomezJ. S. Greaves, P. C. Hargrave, P. M. Harvey, Th Henning, A. M. Heras, M. R. Hogerheijde, W. S. Holland, R. Huygen, R. J. Ivison, C. Jean, S. J. Leeks, T. L. Lim, R. Liseau, B. C. Matthews, D. A. Naylor, G. L. Pilbratt, E. T. Polehampton, S. Regibo, P. Royer, A. Sicilia-Aguilar, B. M. Swinyard, H. Walker, R. Wesson

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We obtained Herschel PACS and SPIRE images of the thermal emission of the debris disk around the A5V star β Pic. The disk is well resolved in the PACS filters at 70, 100, and 160 μm. The surface brightness profiles between 70 and 160 μm show no significant asymmetries along the disk, and are compatible with 90% of the emission between 70 and 160 μm originating in a region closer than 200 AU to the star. Although only marginally resolving the debris disk, the maps obtained in the SPIRE 250-500 μm filters provide full-disk photometry, completing the SED over a few octaves in wavelength that had been previously inaccessible. The small far-infrared spectral index (β = 0.34) indicates that the grain size distribution in the inner disk (<200 AU) is inconsistent with a local collisional equilibrium. The size distribution is either modified by non-equilibrium effects, or exhibits a wavy pattern, caused by an under-abundance of impactors which have been removed by radiation pressure.

Original language	English
Article number	L133
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume	518
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014626
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2010

Keywords

Circumstellar matter
Planetary systems
Stars: early-type
Stars: individual: β Pic

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Vandenbussche, B., Sibthorpe, B., Acke, B., Pantin, E., Olofsson, G., Waelkens, C., Dominik, C., Barlow, M. J., Blommaert, J. A. D. L., Bouwman, J., Brandeker, A., Cohen, M., De Meester, W., Dent, W. R. F., Exter, K., Di Francesco, J., Fridlund, M., Gear, W. K., Glauser, A. M., ... Wesson, R. (2010). The β Pictoris disk imaged by Herschel PACS and SPIRE. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 518(7-8), 1-7. Article L133. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014626

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