Accretion of a Terrestrial-Like Minor Planet by a White Dwarf

Accretion of a Terrestrial-Like Minor Planet by a White Dwarf

We present optical and infrared characterization of the polluted DAZ white dwarf GALEX J193156.8+011745. Imaging and spectroscopy from the ultraviolet to the thermal infrared indicate that this white dwarf hosts excess infrared emission consistent with the presence of an orbiting dusty debris disk....

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Main Authors: Melis, Carl, Farihi, J., Dufour, P., Zuckerman, B., Burgasser, Adam J., Bergeron, P., Bochanski, John J., Simcoe, Robert A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76777
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-9559

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76777
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-9559

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