An interferometric study of the Fomalhaut inner debris disk. III. Detailed models of the exozodiacal disk and its origin

J. Lebreton, R. van Lieshout, J. -C. Augereau +15

[Abridged] Debris disks are extrasolar analogs to the solar system planetesimal belts. The star Fomalhaut harbors a cold debris belt at 140 AU as well as evidence of a warm dust co…