Context. Debris disks are the natural by-products of the planet formation process. Scattered or polarized light observations are mostly sensitive to small dust grains that are released from the grinding down of bigger planetesimals. Aims. High angular resolution observations at optical wavelengths can provide key constraints on the radial and...
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October 2019 (v1)Journal articleUploaded on: December 3, 2022
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2018 (v1)Journal article
Context. The nearby and young M star AU Mic is surrounded by a debris disk in which we previously identified a series of large-scale arch-like structures that have never been seen before in any other debris disk and that move outward at high velocities.Aims. We initiated a monitoring program with the following objectives: (1) track the location...
Uploaded on: December 4, 2022