Photospheric fluxes at 24 and 70{mu}m

The existence of these planetesimals is a consequence of the planet-formation process, but the relationship between debris disks and planets has not been clearly established. Here we analyze Spitzer/MIPS 24 and 70um data for 150 planet-bearing stars, and compare the incidence of debris disks around these stars with a sample of 118 stars around which planets have been searched for, but not found.

Together they comprise the largest sample ever assembled to deal with this question. The use of survival analysis techniques allows us to account for the large number of non-detections at 70um. We discovered 10 new debris disks around stars with planets and one around a star without known planets.