Protostars and Planets VI, Heidelberg, July 15-20, 2013

Poster 2B069

The debris disc around HIP 17439

Schüppler, Christian (Astrophysical Institute, FSU Jena )
Löhne, Torsten (Astrophysical Institute, FSU Jena )
Krivov, Alexander (Astrophysical Institute, FSU Jena )

Abstract:
In the framework of the Herschel Open Time Key Programme DUNES the debris disc around the K2 V star HIP 17439 was observed. In PACS images the disc emission is spatially clearly extended. A simultaneous analysis of photometric observations and radial brightness profiles from the resolved images provides valuable hints for the disc structure. In an analytical model we adopted power laws for the size and radial distribution of the circumstellar dust and tested two different scenarios: (1) a broad dust ring with a radial extent of about 200AU, (2) two independent dust rings separated by a gap of several tens of AU. Both models fit the spectral energy distribution and the radial profiles quite well. In case (1) the parameters found are consistent with dust stemming from an outer planetesimal belt at ~140AU and strong transport mechanisms that drag the particles inward. Model (2) would imply two planetesimal belts, producing a narrow inner and wider outer distribution of dust.

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