Possible emission lines from the gaseous β Pictoris disk

A. Lecavelier Des Etangs; L. M. Hobbs; A. Vidal-Madjar; H. Beust; P. D. Feldman; R. Ferlet; A. M. Lagrange; W. Moos; M. McGrath

Possible emission lines from the gaseous β Pictoris disk

A. Lecavelier Des Etangs
, L. M. Hobbs
, A. Vidal-Madjar
, H. Beust
, P. D. Feldman
, R. Ferlet
, A. M. Lagrange
, W. Moos
, M. McGrath

École Polytechnique

Yerkes Observatory
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
LTHE (UMR 5564 CNRS/IRD/Université de Grenoble)
Johns Hopkins University
Space Telescope Science Institute

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Abstract

We present the results of exploratory HST observations to detect the emission lines of ions in the β Pictoris disk with the spectrograph slit placed off the star. Possible emission lines from Fe n have been detected at ∼ 10^-14erg cm^-2 s^-1 at 0.5″ from β Pictoris, which would suggest a total Fe II density of ≳ 2 · 10^-2cm^-3 at 10 AU. This detection needs confirmation. If real, it requires a large production rate of gas and dust equivalent to the total disruption of ten bodies 30 kilometers in radius per year.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	691-694
Number of pages	4
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	356
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2000

Keywords

Methods: data analysis
Stars: circumstellar matter
Stars: individual: βPic
Stars: planetary systems

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Possible emission lines from the gaseous β Pictoris disk

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