Ricci, L. and Testi, L. and Maddison, S. T. and Wilner, D. J. (2012) Fomalhaut debris disk emission at 7 millimeters: constraints on the collisional models of planetesimals. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 539 . Art. No. L6. ISSN 0004-6361. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118524. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120614-124712474
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Abstract
We present new spatially resolved observations of the dust thermal emission at 7 mm from the Fomalhaut debris disk obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. These observations provide the longest wavelength detection of the Fomalhaut debris disk to date. We combined the new data to literature sub-mm data to investigate the spectral index of the dust thermal emission in the sub-millimeter and constrained the q-slope of the power-law grain size distribution. We derived a value for q = 3.48 ± 0.14 for grains with sizes around 1 mm. This is consistent with the classical prediction for a collisional cascade at the steady-state. The same value cannot be explained by more recent collisional models of planetesimals in which either the velocity distribution of the large bodies or their tensile strength is a strong function of the body size.
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Additional Information: | © 2012 ESO. Received 26 November 2011; Accepted 10 January 2012. Published online 24 February 2012. We thank the staff at Narrabri, ATNF. | ||||||
Subject Keywords: | submillimeter: planetary systems; circumstellar matter | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201118524 | ||||||
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Official Citation: | Fomalhaut debris disk emission at 7 millimeters: constraints on the collisional models of planetesimals L. Ricci, L. Testi, S. T. Maddison and D. J. Wilner A&A 539 L6 (2012) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118524 | ||||||
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Deposited On: | 18 Jun 2012 14:54 | ||||||
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