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An interferometric study of the Fomalhaut inner debris disk: III. Detailed models of the exozodiacal disk and its origin

An interferometric study of the Fomalhaut inner debris disk: III. Detailed models of the exozodiacal disk and its origin

Context. Debris disks are thought to be extrasolar analogs to the solar system planetesimal belts. The star Fomalhaut harbors a cold debris belt at 140 AU comparable to the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, as well as evidence of a warm dust component, unresolved by single-dish telescopes, which is suspected of being a …