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Reading the Resonant Signatures of Planets in Debris Disks Marc Kuchner CfA. Zodiacal Light Clementine 1994. Radiation Pressure 10 yr. P-R Drag 10 yr. 6. Trailing. Sun. Leading. COBE DIRBE 12 microns. A Ring Around The Sun. IRAM Plateau de Bure 1.3 mm. arcsec. Vega. arcsec.
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Reading the Resonant Signatures of Planets in Debris Disks Marc Kuchner CfA
Zodiacal Light Clementine 1994
Radiation Pressure 10 yr P-R Drag 10 yr 6
Trailing Sun Leading COBE DIRBE 12 microns
IRAM Plateau de Bure 1.3 mm arcsec Vega arcsec
EridaniSean Moran Planet at a=3.4 AU • n:1 resonance blobs • limb brightening from disk’s 25° inclination
Eridani models observed IRAM PdBI 1.3mm SMA 365µm
Fomalhaut 450 m Holland & Greaves & Zuckerman!
4:1 3:1 2:1 e a
? Terrestrial Planet Finder /Darwin
Keck Interferometer
>800 K, <20 pc Roasters (<0.5 AU) or Young (<1Gyr) Hot Jupiters
? Terrestrial Planet Finder /Darwin
100 AU IV III + IV? nearly edge-on III? edge-on
Scattering and Circularization Aphelion Neptune? Perihelion Uranus? Saturn? Jupiter? Thommes, Duncan & Levison 2002