5 papers
Dust in Resonant Extrasolar Kuiper Belts - Grain Size and Wavelength Dependence of Disk Structure
M. C. Wyatt
This paper considers the distribution of dust which originates in the break-up of planetesimals that are trapped in resonance with a planet. There are three grain populations with…
Spiral Structure when Setting up Pericentre Glow: Possible Giant Planets at Hundreds of AU in the HD141569 Disk
M. C. Wyatt
This paper discusses the impact of introducing a planet on an eccentric orbit into a planetesimal disk. That planet's secular perturbations cause the orbits of the planetesimals to…
The Vega Debris Disk -- A Surprise from Spitzer
K. Y. L. Su, G. H. Rieke, K. A. Misselt +13
We present high spatial resolution mid- and far-infrared images of the Vega debris disk obtained with the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS). The disk is well resolved…
The Insignificance of P-R Drag in Detectable Extrasolar Planetesimal Belts
M. C. Wyatt
This paper considers a simple model in which dust produced in a planetesimal belt migrates in toward the star due to P-R drag suffering destructive collisions with other dust grain…
Resonant Trapping of Planetesimals by Planet Migration: Debris Disk Clumps and Vega's Similarity to the Solar System
M. C. Wyatt
This paper describes a model which can explain the observed clumpy structures of debris disks. Clumps arise because after a planetary system forms its planets migrate due to angula…