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An unbiased study of debris discs around A-type stars with Herschel

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Date
11/12/2014
Author
Thureau, N. D.
Greaves, J. S.
Matthews, B. C.
Kennedy, G.
Phillips, N.
Booth, M.
Duchene, G.
Horner, J.
Rodriguez, D. R.
Sibthorpe, B.
Wyatt, M. C.
Keywords
Surveys
Binaries: general
Circumstellar matter
Stars: individual: A-stars
Infrared: stars
Pictoris moving group
Stellar kinematic groups
Main-sequence stars
Beta-pictoris
Kuiper-belt
Dusty debris
Nearby stars
Collisional evolution
Solar-systems
Disks
QC Physics
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Abstract
The Herschel DEBRIS (Disc Emission via a Bias-free Reconnaissance in the Infrared/Submillimetre) survey brings us a unique perspective on the study of debris discs around main-sequence A-type stars. Bias-free by design, the survey offers a remarkable data set with which to investigate the cold disc properties. The statistical analysis of the 100 and 160 μm data for 86 main-sequence A stars yields a lower than previously found debris disc rate. Considering better than 3σ excess sources, we find a detection rate ≥24 ± 5 per cent at 100 μm which is similar to the debris disc rate around main-sequence F/G/K-spectral type stars. While the 100 and 160 μm excesses slowly decline with time, debris discs with large excesses are found around some of the oldest A stars in our sample, evidence that the debris phenomenon can survive throughout the length of the main sequence (∼1 Gyr). Debris discs are predominantly detected around the youngest and hottest stars in our sample. Stellar properties such as metallicity are found to have no effect on the debris disc incidence. Debris discs are found around A stars in single systems and multiple systems at similar rates. While tight and wide binaries (<1 and >100 au, respectively) host debris discs with a similar frequency and global properties, no intermediate separation debris systems were detected in our sample.
Citation
Thureau , N D , Greaves , J S , Matthews , B C , Kennedy , G , Phillips , N , Booth , M , Duchene , G , Horner , J , Rodriguez , D R , Sibthorpe , B & Wyatt , M C 2014 , ' An unbiased study of debris discs around A-type stars with Herschel ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 445 , no. 3 , pp. 2558-2573 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1864
Publication
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1864
ISSN
0035-8711
Type
Journal article
Rights
This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, © 2014 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Description
MCW and GMK acknowledge support from the European Union through ERC grant no. 279973. DRR acknowledges support from FONDECYT grant no. 3130520.
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6011

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