Moro-Martin, Amaya, Turner, Edwin L., Loeb, Abraham
Planetesimal formation is a common by-product of the star formation process. Taking the dynamical history of the Solar system as a guideline -- in which the planetesimal belts were heavily depleted...
The study of debris disks with SPICA (2009)
Debris disks are evidence that stars harbor reservoirs of dust-producing plantesimals on spatial scales similar the solar system. Debris disks present a wide range of sizes and structural features...
Carpenter, John M., Bouwman, Jeroen, Mamajek, Eric E., Meyer, Michael R., Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Backman, Dana E., ...
We present Spitzer photometric (IRAC and MIPS) and spectroscopic (IRS low resolution) observations for 314 stars in the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems Legacy program. These data are...
Carpenter, John M., Bouwman, Jeroen, Mamajek, Eric E., Meyer, Michael R., Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Backman, Dana E., ...
We present Spitzer photometric (IRAC and MIPS) and spectroscopic (IRS low resolution) observations for 314 stars in the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (FEPS) Legacy program. These data...
Minimal Energy Transfer of Solid Material Between Planetary Systems (2008)
Belbruno, Edward, Moro-Martin, Amaya, Malhotra, Renu
The exchange of meteorites among the terrestrial planets of our Solar System is a well established phenomenon that has triggered discussion of lithopanspermia within the Solar System. Similarly,...
Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Carpenter, John M., Kim, Jinyoung Serena, Meyer, Michael R., Backman, Dana E., Moro-Martin, Amaya, ...
(abbreviated) We report detection with the Spitzer Space Telescope of cool dust surrounding solar type stars. The observations were performed as part of the Legacy Science Program, ``Formation and...
On the Solar System-Debris Disk Connecction (2007)
This paper emphasizes the connection between solar and extra-solar debris disks: how models and observations of the Solar System are helping us understand the debris disk phenomenon, and vice versa,...
The dust, planetesimals and planets of HD 38529 (2007)
Moro-Martin, Amaya, Malhotra, Renu, Carpenter, John M., Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Wolf, Sebastian, Meyer, Michael R., ...
HD 38529 is a post-main sequence G8III/IV star (3.5 Gyr old) with a planetary system consisting of at least two planets having Msin(i) of 0.8 MJup and 12.2 MJup, semimajor axes of 0.13 AU and 3.74...
Extra-Solar Kuiper Belt Dust Disks (2007)
Moro-Martin, Amaya, Wyatt, Mark C., Malhotra, Renu, Trilling, David E.
The dust disks observed around mature stars are evidence that plantesimals are present in these systems on spatial scales that are similar to that of the asteroids and the KBOs in the Solar System....
Meyer, Michael R., Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Backman, Dana, Beckwith, Steve, Bouwman, Jeroen, Brooke, Tim, ...
We provide an overview of the Spitzer Legacy Program ``Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems" (FEPS) which was proposed in 2000, begun in 2001, and executed aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope...
Dynamical models of Kuiper Belt dust in the inner and outer Solar System (2005)
Moro-Martin, Amaya, Malhotra, Renu
We report several results related to the dynamical evolution of dust produced in the Kuiper Belt (KB). We show that its particle size frequency distribution in space is greatly changed from the...
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Cold Outer Disks Associated with Sun-like stars (2005)
Kim, Jinyoung Serena, Hines, Dean C., Backman, Dana E., Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Meyer, Michael R., Rodmann, Jens, ...
We present the discovery of debris systems around three solar mass stars based upon observations performed with the Spitzer Space Telescope as part of a Legacy Science Program, ``the Formation and...
Moro-Martin, Amaya, Malhotra, Renu
The dust produced in the Kuiper Belt (KB) spreads throughout the Solar System forming a dust disk. We numerically model the orbital evolution of KB dust and estimate its equilibrium spatial...