ALMA millimetre-wavelength imaging of HD 138965: new constraints on the debris dust composition and presence of planetary companions
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Marshall, J.P., Hengst, S., Trejo-Cruz, A., del Burgo, C., Milli, J., Booth, M., Augereau, J.C., Choquet, E., Morales, F. Y., Thebault, P., Kemper, F., Faramaz-Gorka, V. and Bryden, G.. 2025. "ALMA millimetre-wavelength imaging of HD 138965: new constraints on the debris dust composition and presence of planetary companions." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 541 (1), pp. 71-84. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf984
Article Title | ALMA millimetre-wavelength imaging of HD 138965: new constraints on the debris dust composition and presence of planetary companions |
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ERA Journal ID | 1074 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Marshall, J.P., Hengst, S., Trejo-Cruz, A., del Burgo, C., Milli, J., Booth, M., Augereau, J.C., Choquet, E., Morales, F. Y., Thebault, P., Kemper, F., Faramaz-Gorka, V. and Bryden, G. |
Journal Title | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Journal Citation | 541 (1), pp. 71-84 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2025 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0035-8711 |
1365-2966 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf984 |
Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/541/1/71/8162742 |
Abstract | HD 138965 is a young A type star and member of the nearby young Argus association. This star is surrounded by a broad, bright debris disc with two temperature components that was spatially resolved at far-infrared wavelengths by Herschel. Here, we present Atacama Large Millimiter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) millimetre-wavelength imaging of the cool outer belt. These reveal its radial extent to be 150 au with a width () of 49 au (), at a moderate inclination of 499. Due to the limited angular resolution, signal-to-noise and inclination we have no constraint on the disc's vertical scale height. We modelled the disc emission with both gravitational and radiation forces acting on the dust grains. As the inner belt has not been spatially resolved, we fixed its radius and width prior to modelling the outer belt. We find astronomical silicate is the best fit for the dust composition. However, we could not reject possible scenarios where there are at least 10 per cent water-ice inclusions. Combining the spatially resolved imaging by ALMA with non-detection at optical wavelengths by HST, we obtain a limit on the scattering albedo for the debris dust in the outer belt. Analysis of the outer belt's architecture in conjunction with simple stirring models places a mass limit of 2.3 0.4 on a companion interior to the belt (78 au), a factor of two improvement over constraints from high contrast imaging. |
Keywords | planet–disc interactions; circumstellarmatter; stars: individual: HD 138965; radio continuum: planetary systems |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 5101. Astronomical sciences |
Byline Affiliations | Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taiwan |
School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing | |
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico | |
Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Canarias (IAC), Spain | |
University of La Laguna, Spain | |
Grenoble Alpes University, France | |
Royal Observatory Edinburgh, United Kingdom | |
Aix-Marseille University, France | |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States | |
Los Angeles Mission College, United States | |
Pierre and Marie Curie University, France | |
Institute of Space Sciences, Spain | |
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain | |
Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), Spain | |
University of Arizona, United States |
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