Complex Organic Materials in the Circumstellar Disk of HR 4796A

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS(2008)

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We combine HST NICMOS imaging photometry of the HR 4796A disk at previously unobserved wavelengths between 1.71-2.22 mu m with reprocessed archival observations to produce a measure of the dust's scattering efficiency as a function of wavelength. The spectrum of the dust, synthesized from the seven photometric measures, is characterized by a steep red slope increasing from 0.5 to 1.6 mu m followed by a flattening of the spectrum at wavelengths > 1.6 mu m. We fit the spectrum with a model population of dust grains made of tholins, materials composed of complex organic materials seen throughout the outer parts of our solar system. The presence of organic material around a star that may be in the later stages of giant planet formation implies that the basic building blocks for life may be common in planetary systems.
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circumstellar matter,stars : individual (HR 4796A)
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