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2025AJ....170..244W - Astron. J., 170, 244 (2025/October-0)

JWST/MIRI Imaging of the Warm Dust Component of the ϵ Eridani Debris Disk.

WOLFF S.G., GASPAR A., RIEKE G., LEISENRING J.M., SEFILIAN A.A., YGOUF M. and LLOP-SAYSON J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present JWST/MIRI observations of the debris disk surrounding the nearby solar analogϵ Eridani obtained as part of the Archetypal Debris Disk Guaranteed Time Observation program. Multiwavelength images from 15, 18, 21, and 25.5 μm show a smooth dust distribution with no evidence of sculpting by massive planets outside of 5 au. Maps of the color temperature and opacity constrain the dust properties, while radiative transfer modeling of a warm dust component traces the interaction between the debris disk and ϵ Eridani b (∼3.5 au). Dynamical and collisional modeling further shows that the disk morphology is dominated by dust produced in the outer planetesimal belt (∼70 au) moving inward via stellar wind drag. We confirm the presence of a disk interior to the ϵ Eri b orbit first detected from mid-IR interferometry. Drag-dominated inner disk regions have also been observed around Vega and Fomalhaut, hinting at the diversity of asteroid belt analogs.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Circumstellar dust - Debris disks - Direct imaging - Exoplanet systems

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