Spitzer MIPS limits on asteroidal dust in the pulsar planetary system PSR B1257+12

G. Bryden; C. A. Beichman; G. H. Rieke; J. A. Stansberry; K. R. Stapelfeldt; D. E. Trilling; N. J. Turner; A. Wolszczan

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Spitzer MIPS limits on asteroidal dust in the pulsar planetary system PSR B1257+12

G. Bryden, C. A. Beichman, G. H. Rieke, J. A. Stansberry, K. R. Stapelfeldt, D. E. Trilling, N. J. Turner, A. Wolszczan

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With the MIPS camera on Spitzer, we have searched for far-infrared emission from dust in the planetary system orbiting pulsar PSR B1257+12. With accuracies of 0.05 mJy at 24 μm and 1.5 mJy at 70 μm, photometric measurements find no evidence for emission at these wavelengths. These observations place new upper limits on the luminosity of dust with temperatures between 20 and 1000 K. They are particularly sensitive to dust temperatures of 100-200 K, for which they limit the dust luminosity to below 3 × 10⁵ of the pulsar's spin-down luminosity, 3 orders of magnitude better than previous limits. Despite these improved constraints on dust emission, an asteroid belt similar to the solar system's cannot be ruled out.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1038-1042
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	646
Issue number	2 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/504976
State	Published - Aug 1 2006

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Circumstellar matter
Infrared: stars

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Spitzer MIPS limits on asteroidal dust in the pulsar planetary system PSR B1257+12

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