Alignment in star-debris disc systems seen by Herschel

Greaves, Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-413X, Kennedy, G. M., Thureau, N., Eiroa, C., Marshall, J. P., Maldonado, J., Matthews, B. C., Olofsson, G., Barlow, M. J., Moro-Martin, A., Sibthorpe, B., Absil, O., Ardila, D. R., Booth, M., Broekhoven-Fiene, H., Brown, D. J. A., Cameron, A. C., Burgo, C. d., Francesco, J. D., Eisloffel, J., Duchene, G., Ertel, S., Holland, W. S., Horner, J., Kalas, P., Kavelaars, J. J., Lestrade, J.- F., Vican, L., Wilner, D. J., Wolf, S. and Wyatt, M. C. 2014. Alignment in star-debris disc systems seen by Herschel. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 438 (1) , L31-L35. 10.1093/mnrasl/slt153

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Abstract

Many nearby main-sequence stars have been searched for debris using the far-infrared Herschel satellite, within the DEBRIS, DUNES and Guaranteed-Time Key Projects. We discuss here 11 stars of spectral types A–M where the stellar inclination is known and can be compared to that of the spatially resolved dust belts. The discs are found to be well aligned with the stellar equators, as in the case of the Sun's Kuiper belt, and unlike many close-in planets seen in transit surveys. The ensemble of stars here can be fitted with a star–disc tilt of ≲ 10°. These results suggest that proposed mechanisms for tilting the star or disc in fact operate rarely. A few systems also host imaged planets, whose orbits at tens of au are aligned with the debris discs, contrary to what might be expected in models where external perturbers induce tilts.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1745-3925
Date of Acceptance:	24 October 2013
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 09:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/89714

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