Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2019
Publication Title
Astrophysical Journal
Abstract
We have obtained Hubble Space Telescope STIS and NICMOS and Gemini/GPI scattered-light images of the HD 191089 debris disk. We identify two spatial components: a ring resembling the Kuiper Belt in radial extent (FWHM ∼ 25 au, centered at ∼46 au) and a halo extending to ∼640 au. We find that the halo is significantly bluer than the ring, consistent with the scenario that the ring serves as the "birth ring" for the smaller dust in the halo. We measure the scattering phase functions in the 30°-150° scattering-angle range and find that the halo dust is more forward- and backward-scattering than the ring dust. We measure a surface density power-law index of -0.68 ± 0.04 for the halo, which indicates the slowdown of the radial outward motion of the dust. Using radiative transfer modeling, we attempt to simultaneously reproduce the (visible) total and (near-infrared) polarized intensity images of the birth ring. Our modeling leads to mutually inconsistent results, indicating that more complex models, such as the inclusion of more realistic aggregate particles, are needed.
Keywords
protoplanetary disks, radiative transfer, stars: imaging, stars: individual (HD 191089), techniques: image processing
Volume
882
Issue
1
DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/ab3403
ISSN
0004637X
Rights
© 2019. The American Astronomical Society.
Recommended Citation
Ren, Bin; Choquet, Élodie; Perrin, Marshall D.; Duchěne, Gaspard; Debes, John H.; Pueyo, Laurent; Rice, Malena; Chen, Christine; Schneider, Glenn; Esposito, Thomas M.; Poteet, Charles A.; Wang, Jason J.; Ammons, S. Mark; Ansdell, Megan; Arriaga, Pauline; Bailey, Vanessa P.; Barman, Travis; Bruzzone, Juan Sebastián; Bulger, Joanna; Chilcote, Jeffrey; Cotten, Tara; De Rosa, Robert J.; Doyon, Rene; Fitzgerald, Michael P.; Follette, Katherine B.; Goodsell, Stephen J.; Gerard, Benjamin L.; Graham, James R.; Greenbaum, Alexandra Z.; Hagan, J. Brendan; Hibon, Pascale; Hines, Dean C.; Ward-Duong, Kimberly; and al, et, "An Exo-Kuiper Belt with an Extended Halo around HD 191089 in Scattered Light" (2019). Astronomy: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/ast_facpubs/118
Comments
Archived as published.