The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (FEPS): Discovery of an Unusual Debris System Associated with HD 12039

Abstract

We report the discovery of a debris system associated with the $\sim 30$ Myr old G3/5V star HD 12039 using {\it Spitzer Space Telescope} observations from 3.6 -- 160$\mu$m. An observed infrared excess (L${}_{\mathrm{IR}}$/L${}_{\ast }=1\times 10^{-4}$) above the expected photosphere for $\lambda \gtrsim 14\mu$m is fit by thermally emitting material with a color temperature of T$\sim 110$ K, warmer than the majority of debris disks identified to date around Sun-like stars. The object is not detected at 70$\mu$m with a 3$\sigma$ upper limit 6 times the expected photospheric flux. The spectrum of the infrared excess can be explained by warm, optically thin material comprised of blackbody-like grains of size $\gtrsim 7\mu$m that reside in a belt orbiting the star at 4--6 AU. An alternate model dominated by smaller grains, near the blow-out size $a\sim 0.5\mu$m, located at 30-40AU is also possible, but requires the dust to have been produced recently since such small grains will be expelled from the system by radiation pressure in $\sim$ few $\times 10^2$yrs.

arXiv comment31 pages, 6 figures (poor quality bitmaps, but readable), accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

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