Lovell, JB, Marino, S, Wyatt, MC et al. (10 more authors) (2021) High-resolution ALMA and HST images of q¹ Eri: an asymmetric debris disc with an eccentric Jupiter. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506 (2). pp. 1978-2001. ISSN 0035-8711
Abstract
We present Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-Millimetre Array (ALMA) 1.3 and 0.86 mm observations of the nearby (17.34 pc) F9V star q1 Eri (HD 10647, HR 506). This system, with age ∼1.4 Gyr, hosts a ∼2 au radial velocity planet and a debris disc with the highest fractional luminosity of the closest 300 FGK type stars. The ALMA images, with resolution ∼0′′.5, reveal a broad (34–134 au) belt of millimetre emission inclined by 76.7 ± 1.0 degrees with maximum brightness at 81.6 ± 0.5 au. The images reveal an asymmetry, with higher flux near the south-west ansa, which is also closer to the star. Scattered light observed with the Hubble Space Telescope is also asymmetric, being more radially extended to the north-east. We fit the millimetre emission with parametric models and place constraints on the disc morphology, radius, width, dust mass, and scale height. We find that the south-west ansa asymmetry is best fitted by an extended clump on the inner edge of the disc, consistent with perturbations from a planet with mass 8M⊕−11MJup at ∼60 au that may have migrated outwards, similar to Neptune in our Solar system. If the measured vertical aspect ratio of h = 0.04 ± 0.01 is due to dynamical interactions in the disc, then this requires perturbers with sizes >1200 km. We find tentative evidence for a 0.86 mm excess within 10 au, 70±22 μJy, that may be due to an inner planetesimal belt. We find no evidence for CO gas, but set an upper bound on the CO gas mass of 4 × 10−6 M⊕ (3σ), consistent with cometary abundances in the Solar system.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. This is an author produced version of an article published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | techniques: interferometric; planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability; (stars:) circumstellar matter; stars: individual: HD 10647 |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Astrophysics (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council) ST/T000287/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2021 12:46 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2021 12:46 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/mnras/stab1678 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179294 |