  When a main sequence star evolves into a red giant and its Kuiper Belt
Object's (KBO's) reach a temperature of about 170 K, the dust released during
the rapid ice-sublimation of these cometary bodies may lead to a detectable
infrared excess at 25 microns, depending upon the mass of the KBO's. Analysis
of IRAS data for 66 first ascent red giants with 200 L(Sun) < L < 300 L(Sun)
within 150 pc of the Sun provides an upper limit to the mass in KBO's at 45 AU
orbital radius that is usually less than about 0.1 M(Earth). With improved
infrared data, we may detect systems of KBO's around first ascent red giants
that are analogs to our Solar System's KBO's.
