Jura, M;
Farihi, J;
Zuckerman, B;
Becklin, EE;
(2007)
Infrared emission from the dusty disk orbiting GD 362, an externally polluted white dwarf.
Astronomical Journal
, 133
(5)
pp. 1927-1933.
10.1086/512734.
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Abstract
We report Spitzer Space Telescope photometry between 3.6 and 24 μm and spectroscopy between 5 and 15 μm of GD 362, a white dwarf with an effective temperature near 10,000 K that displays a remarkably high concentration of metals in its photosphere and a thermal infrared excess. We approximately reproduce both the infrared continuum and the very strong 10 μm silicate emission feature with a model of an orbiting dusty disk that is flat out to 50 stellar radii and warped between 50 and 70 stellar radii. The relatively small amount of cold material implied by the weak 24 μm flux argues that the disk lies within the Roche radius of the star, and we may be witnessing a system where an asteroidal-size body has been tidally destroyed. If so, determination of the photospheric metal abundances may measure the bulk composition of an extrasolar minor planet.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Infrared emission from the dusty disk orbiting GD 362, an externally polluted white dwarf |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1086/512734 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/512734 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2007. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | circumstellar matter; minor planets, asteroids; white dwarfs |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477406 |
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