Debris disk results from the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey's polarimetric imaging campaign

TM Esposito, P Kalas, MP Fitzgerald… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of a∼ 4 yr direct imaging survey of 104 stars to resolve and
characterize circumstellar debris disks in scattered light as part of the Gemini Planet Imager …

Non-negative matrix factorization: robust extraction of extended structures

B Ren, L Pueyo, GB Zhu, J Debes… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We apply the vectorized non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) method to the post-
processing of the direct imaging data of exoplanetary systems such as circumstellar disks …

Probing for exoplanets hiding in dusty debris disks: disk imaging, characterization, and exploration with HST/STIS multi-roll coronagraphy

G Schneider, CA Grady, DC Hines… - The Astronomical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Spatially resolved scattered-light images of circumstellar debris in exoplanetary systems
constrain the physical properties and orbits of the dust particles in these systems. They also …

Near-infrared scattered light properties of the HR 4796 A dust ring-A measured scattering phase function from 13.6° to 166.6°

J Milli, A Vigan, D Mouillet, AM Lagrange… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. HR 4796 A is surrounded by a debris disc, observed in scattered light as an
inclined ring with a high surface brightness. Past observations have raised several …

A close-up view of the young circumbinary disk HD 142527

Y Boehler, E Weaver, A Isella, L Ricci… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present ALMA observations of the 0.88 millimeter dust continuum and the 13 CO and C
18 OJ= 3-2 line emission of the circumbinary disk HD 142527 at a spatial resolution of∼ 0 …

β PICTORIS'INNER DISK IN POLARIZED LIGHT AND NEW ORBITAL PARAMETERS FOR β PICTORIS b

MA Millar-Blanchaer, JR Graham, L Pueyo… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present H-band observations of β Pic with the Gemini Planet Imager's (GPI's) polarimetry
mode that reveal the debris disk between∼ 0 farcs 3 (6 AU) and∼ 1 farcs 7 (33 AU), while …

Five steps in the evolution from protoplanetary to debris disk

MC Wyatt, O Panić, GM Kennedy, L Matra - Astrophysics and Space …, 2015 - Springer
The protoplanetary disks seen around Herbig Ae stars eventually dissipate leaving just a
tenuous debris disk, comprised of planetesimals and the dust derived from them, as well as …

A uniform analysis of debris discs with the Gemini Planet Imager II: constraints on dust density distribution using empirically informed scattering phase functions

J Hom, J Patience, CH Chen, G Duchêne… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Spatially resolved images of debris discs are necessary to determine disc morphological
properties and the scattering phase function (SPF) thatantifies the brightness of scattered …

A primer on unifying debris disk morphologies

EJ Lee, E Chiang - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A" minimum model" for debris disks consists of a narrow ring of parent bodies,
secularly forced by a single planet on a possibly eccentric orbit, colliding to produce dust …

Optical polarised phase function of the HR 4796A dust ring

J Milli, N Engler, HM Schmid, J Olofsson… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Context. The scattering properties of the dust originating from debris discs are still poorly
known. The analysis of scattered light is however a powerful remote-sensing tool to …