A New M Dwarf Debris Disk Candidate in a Young Moving Group Discovered with Disk Detective
Abstract
We used the Disk Detective citizen science project and the BANYAN II Bayesian analysis tool to identify a new candidate member of a nearby young association with infrared excess. WISE J080822.18-644357.3, an M5.5-type debris disk system with significant excess at both 12 and 22 μm, is a likely member (∼ 90 % BANYAN II probability) of the ∼45 Myr old Carina association. Since this would be the oldest M dwarf debris disk detected in a moving group, this discovery could be an important constraint on our understanding of M dwarf debris disk evolution.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- 10.3847/2041-8205/830/2/L28
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1610.05293
- Bibcode:
- 2016ApJ...830L..28S
- Keywords:
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- circumstellar matter;
- open clusters and associations: individual: Carina;
- stars: low-mass;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Published in Astrophysical Journal Letters