Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
We present new, near-infrared (1.12.4 m) high-contrast imaging of the bright debris disk surrounding HIP 79977 with the Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics system (SCExAO) coupled with the CHARIS integral eld spectrograph. SCExAO/CHARIS resolves the disk down to smaller angular separations of (0".11; r 14 au) and at a higher signicance than previously achieved at the same wavelengths. The disk exhibits a marginally signicant eastwest brightness asymmetry in H band that requires conrmation. Geometrical modeling suggests a nearly edge-on disk viewed at a position angle of 114.6 east of north. The disk is best-t by scattered-light models assuming strongly forward-scattering grains (g 0.50.65) conned to a torus with a peak density at r0 5375 au. We nd that a shallow outer density power law of (sub out) = 1 to 3 and are index of = 1 are preferred. Other disk parameters (e.g., inner density power law and vertical scale height) are more poorly constrained. The disk has a slightly blue intrinsic color and its prole is broadly consistent with predictions from birth ring models applied to other debris disks. While HIP 79977s disk appears to be more strongly forward- scattering than most resolved disks surrounding 530 Myr old stars, this difference may be due to observational biases favoring forward-scattering models for inclined disks versus lower inclination, ostensibly neutral-scattering disks like HR 4796As. Deeper, higher signal-to-noise SCExAO/CHARIS data can better constrain the disks dust composition.
Keywords:
Astrophysics
Type:
GSFC-E-DAA-TN64796
,
The Astrophysical Journal (ISSN 0004-637X) (e-ISSN 1538-4357); 156; 6; 279
Format:
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