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Oct, 2016

A GAP WITH A DEFICIT OF LARGE GRAINS IN THE PROTOPLANETARY DISK AROUND TW Hya

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
  • Takashi Tsukagoshi
  • ,
  • Hideko Nomura
  • ,
  • Takayuki Muto
  • ,
  • Ryohei Kawabe
  • ,
  • Daiki Ishimoto
  • ,
  • Kazuhiro D. Kanagawa
  • ,
  • Satoshi Okuzumi
  • ,
  • Shigeru Ida
  • ,
  • Catherine Walsh
  • ,
  • T. J. Millar

Volume
829
Number
2
First page
35
Last page
40
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L35
Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD

We report similar to 3 au resolution imaging observations of the protoplanetary disk around TW Hya at 145 and 233 GHz with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Our observations revealed two deep gaps (similar to 25%-50%) at 22 and 37 au and shallower gaps (a few percent) at 6, 28, and 44 au, as recently reported by Andrews et al. The central hole with a radius of similar to 3 au was also marginally resolved. The most remarkable finding is that the spectral index alpha(R) between bands 4 and 6 peaks at the 22 au gap. The derived power-law index of the dust opacity b(R) is similar to 1.7 at the 22 au gap and decreases toward the disk center to similar to 0. The most prominent gap at 22 au could be caused by the gravitational interaction between the disk and an unseen planet with a mass of less than or similar to 1.5 M-Neptune, although other origins may be possible. The planet-induced gap is supported by the fact that beta(R) is enhanced at the 22 au gap, indicating a deficit of similar to millimeter-sized grains within the gap due to dust filtration by a planet.

Link information
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L35
arXiv
http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1605.00289
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000393435700001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.00289v2
ID information
  • DOI : 10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L35
  • ISSN : 2041-8205
  • eISSN : 2041-8213
  • ORCID - Put Code : 27090349
  • arXiv ID : arXiv:1605.00289
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000393435700001

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