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Stabilization of the disk around β Pictoris by extremely carbon-rich gas

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  • Aki Roberge

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • Paul D. Feldman

    (Johns Hopkins University
    Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University)

  • Alycia J. Weinberger

    (Carnegie Institution of Washington)

  • Magali Deleuil

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, BP 8)

  • Jean-Claude Bouret

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, BP 8)

Abstract

Carbon adds steel The edge-on disk around the nearby young star β-Pictoris is the archetypal ‘debris disk’, composed of material produced by the destruction of solid planetary bodies that may have resembled Solar System comets and asteroids. Previous work concluded that the gas should rapidly be blown away from the star, contrary to observations. New far-infrared data from NASA's FUSE satellite offer a possible explanation for this paradox: the disk gas is extremely rich in carbon, which stabilizes it against being blown away.

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  • Aki Roberge & Paul D. Feldman & Alycia J. Weinberger & Magali Deleuil & Jean-Claude Bouret, 2006. "Stabilization of the disk around β Pictoris by extremely carbon-rich gas," Nature, Nature, vol. 441(7094), pages 724-726, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:441:y:2006:i:7094:d:10.1038_nature04832
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04832
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