Cold DUst around NEarby Stars (DUNES). First results. A resolved exo-Kuiper belt around the solar-like star ζ2 Ret
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Eiroa, C.[Dpt. FÃsica Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain]
Fedele, D.[Dpt. FÃsica Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; John Hopkins University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 3701 San Martin drive, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA]
Maldonado, J.[Dpt. FÃsica Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain]
Mora, A.[ESA-ESAC Gaia SOC. PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain ; Dpt. FÃsica Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain]
Montesinos, B.[LAEX, Centro de AstrobiologÃa (INTA-CSIC), LAEFF Campus, European Space Astronomy Center (ESAC), PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain]
Ardila, D.[NASA Herschel Science Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA]
Bryden, G.[Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA]
Liseau, R.[Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology, Se-439 92 Onsala, Sweden]
Stapelfeldt, K.[Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA]
Solano, E.[LAEX, Centro de AstrobiologÃa (INTA-CSIC), LAEFF Campus, European Space Astronomy Center (ESAC), PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain]
Bayo, A.[European Space Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura Casilla 19001, Santiago 19, Chile]
Absil, Olivier[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS) >]
Barrado, D.[LAEX, Centro de AstrobiologÃa (INTA-CSIC), LAEFF Campus, European Space Astronomy Center (ESAC), PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain]
Beichmann, C.[NASA ExoPlanet Science Institute California Inst. of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA]
Danchi, W.[NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics, Code 667, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA]
Del Burgo, C.[UNINOVA-CA3, Campus da Caparica, Quinta da Torre, Monte de Caparica,2825-149 Caparica, Portugal]
Ertel, S.[Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Leibnizstr. 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany]
Fridlund, M.[ESA Astrophysics & Fundamental Physics Missions Division, ESTEC/SRE-SA, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands]
Nakagawa, T.[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), 3-1-1, Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510, Japan]
Olofsson, G.[Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Roslagstullsbacken 21, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden]
Ribas, I.[Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Facultat de Ciències, Torre C5, parell, 2a pl., 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain]
Roberge, A.[NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics, Code 667, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA]
Sanz-Forcada, J.[LAEX, Centro de AstrobiologÃa (INTA-CSIC), LAEFF Campus, European Space Astronomy Center (ESAC), PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain]
White, G. J.[Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK ; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton OX11 0QX, UK]
Wolf, S.[Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Leibnizstr. 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany]
[en] stars: general ; planetary system ; space vehicles: instruments
[en] We present the first far-IR observations of the solar-type stars δ Pav, HR 8501, 51 Peg and ζ2 Ret, taken within the context of the DUNES Herschel open time key programme (OTKP). This project uses the PACS and SPIRE instruments with the objective of studying infrared excesses due to exo-Kuiper belts around nearby solar-type stars. The observed 100 μm fluxes from δ Pav, HR 8501, and 51 Peg agree with the predicted photospheric fluxes, excluding debris disks brighter than Ldust/ ~ 5 × 10-7 (1σ level) around those stars. A flattened, disk-like structure with a semi-major axis of ~100 AU in size is detected around ζ2 Ret. The resolved structure suggests the presence of an eccentric dust ring, which we interpret as an exo-Kuiper belt with Ldust/ ≈ 10-5.
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