A gap in the planetesimal disc around HD 107146 and asymmetric warm dust emission revealed by ALMA

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dc.citation.firstpage5423en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyen_US
dc.citation.lastpage5439en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber479en_US
dc.contributor.authorMarino, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWyatt, M.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBooth, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCasassus, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFaramaz, V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGuzman, V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHughes, A.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIsella, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, G.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMatrà, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRicci, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCorder, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-09T15:00:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-11-09T15:00:03Zen_US
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile detecting low-mass exoplanets at tens of au is beyond current instrumentation, debris discs provide a unique opportunity to study the outer regions of planetary systems. Here, we report new ALMA observations of the 80–200 Myr old Solar analogue HD 107146 that reveal the radial structure of its exo-Kuiper belt at wavelengths of 1.1 and 0.86 mm. We find that the planetesimal disc is broad, extending from 40 to 140 au, and it is characterized by a circular gap extending from 60 to 100 au in which the continuum emission drops by about 50 per cent. We also report the non-detection of the CO J = 3–2 emission line, confirming that there is not enough gas to affect the dust distribution. To date, HD 107146 is the only gas-poor system showing multiple rings in the distribution of millimetre sized particles. These rings suggest a similar distribution of the planetesimals producing small dust grains that could be explained invoking the presence of one or more perturbing planets. Because the disc appears axisymmetric, such planets should be on circular orbits. By comparing N-body simulations with the observed visibilities we find that to explain the radial extent and depth of the gap, it would require the presence of multiple low-mass planets or a single planet that migrated through the disc. Interior to HD 107146’s exo-Kuiper belt we find extended emission with a peak at ∼20 au and consistent with the inner warm belt that was previously predicted based on 22 μμm excess as in many other systems. This warm belt is the first to be imaged, although unexpectedly suggesting that it is asymmetric. This could be due to a large belt eccentricity or due to clumpy structure produced by resonant trapping with an additional inner planet.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMarino, S., Carpenter, J., Wyatt, M.C., et al.. "A gap in the planetesimal disc around HD 107146 and asymmetric warm dust emission revealed by ALMA." <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,</i> 479, no. 4 (2018) Oxford University Press: 5423-5439. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1790.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalsty1790en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1790en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103314en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.subject.keywordmethods: numericalen_US
dc.subject.keywordtechniques: interferometricen_US
dc.subject.keywordplanets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stabilityen_US
dc.subject.keywordcircumstellar matteren_US
dc.subject.keywordstars: individual: HD 107146en_US
dc.subject.keywordplanetary systemsen_US
dc.titleA gap in the planetesimal disc around HD 107146 and asymmetric warm dust emission revealed by ALMAen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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