TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Intermediate-Luminosity Optical Transients (ILOTs) to reveal extended extra-solar Kuiper belt objects
AU - Bear, Ealeal
AU - Soker, Noam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing Ltd.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - We suggest that in the rare case of an Intermediate-Luminosity Optical Transient (ILOT) event, evaporation of extra-solar Kuiper belt objects (ExtraKBOs) at distances of d ≈ 500 - 10 000 AU from the ILOT can be detected. If the ILOT lasts for 1 month to a few years, enough dust might be ejected from the ExtraKBOs for the infrared (IR) emission to be detected. Because of the large distance of the ExtraKBOs, tens of years will pass before the ILOT wind disperses the dust. We suggest that after an ILOT outburst, there is a period of months to several years during which IR excess emission might hint at the existence of a Kuiper belt analog (ExtraK-Belt).
AB - We suggest that in the rare case of an Intermediate-Luminosity Optical Transient (ILOT) event, evaporation of extra-solar Kuiper belt objects (ExtraKBOs) at distances of d ≈ 500 - 10 000 AU from the ILOT can be detected. If the ILOT lasts for 1 month to a few years, enough dust might be ejected from the ExtraKBOs for the infrared (IR) emission to be detected. Because of the large distance of the ExtraKBOs, tens of years will pass before the ILOT wind disperses the dust. We suggest that after an ILOT outburst, there is a period of months to several years during which IR excess emission might hint at the existence of a Kuiper belt analog (ExtraK-Belt).
KW - (stars:) binaries: general
KW - (stars:) planetary systems
KW - stars: variables: other
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U2 - 10.1088/1674-4527/16/7/114
DO - 10.1088/1674-4527/16/7/114
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:84977604941
VL - 16
JO - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
JF - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
SN - 1674-4527
IS - 7
M1 - 014
ER -