RAYMOND, Sean N.; BONSOR, Amy

doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slu048

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RAYMOND, Sean N.
SSE 2014

BONSOR, Amy
Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble [IPAG ]

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Monthly Notice- Royal Astronomical Society -Letters. 2014, vol. 442, n° 1, p. L18-L22

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Vega has been shown to host multiple dust populations, including both hot exo-zodiacal dust at sub-AU radii and a cold debris disk extending beyond 100 AU. We use dynamical simulations to show how Vega's hot dust can be created by long-range gravitational scattering of planetesimals from its cold outer regions. Planetesimals are scattered progressively inward by a system of 5-7 planets from 30-60 AU to very close-in. In successful simulations the outermost planets are typically Neptune-mass. The back-reaction of planetesimal scattering causes these planets to migrate outward and continually interact with fresh planetesimals, replenishing the source of scattered bodies. The most favorable cases for producing Vega's exo-zodi have negative radial mass gradients, with sub-Saturn- to Jupiter-mass inner planets at 5-10 AU and outer planets of 2.5 to 20 Earth masses. The mechanism fails if a Jupiter-sized planet exists beyond ~15 AU because the planet preferentially ejects planetesimals before they can reach the inner system. Direct-imaging planet searches can therefore directly test this mechanism.< Réduire

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Vega's hot dust from icy planetesimals scattered inward by an outward-migrating planetary system

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