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arxiv: 1610.05293 · v1 · pith:NKUZEASXnew · submitted 2016-10-17 · 🌌 astro-ph.EP

A New M Dwarf Debris Disk Candidate in a Young Moving Group Discovered with Disk Detective

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We used the Disk Detective citizen science project and the BANYAN II Bayesian analysis tool to identify a new candidate member of a nearby young association with infrared excess. WISE J080822.18-644357.3, an M5.5-type debris disk system with significant excess at both 12 and 22 $\mu$m, is a likely member ($\sim 90\%$ BANYAN II probability) of the $\sim 45$ Myr-old Carina association. Since this would be the oldest M dwarf debris disk detected in a moving group, this discovery could be an important constraint on our understanding of M dwarf debris disk evolution.

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