Observations of protoplanetary disk structures

SM Andrews - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The disks that orbit young stars are the essential conduits and reservoirs of material for star
and planet formation. Their structures, meaning the spatial variations of the disk physical …

Transition disks: the observational revolution from SEDs to imaging

N van der Marel - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - epjplus.epj.org
Protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars are the birth place of planets. Of particular
interest are the transition disks with large inner dust cavities of tens of au, hinting at the …

The disk substructures at high angular resolution project (DSHARP). I. Motivation, sample, calibration, and overview

SM Andrews, J Huang, LM Pérez, A Isella… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We introduce the Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP),
one of the initial Large Programs conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter …

Discovery of a planetary-mass companion within the gap of the transition disk around PDS 70

M Keppler, M Benisty, A Müller, T Henning… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. Young circumstellar disks are the birthplaces of planets. Their study is of prime
interest to understand the physical and chemical conditions under which planet formation …

Gaps and Rings in an ALMA Survey of Disks in the Taurus Star-forming Region

F Long, P Pinilla, GJ Herczeg, D Harsono… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Rings are the most frequently revealed substructure in Atacama Large Millimeter/
submillimeter Array (ALMA) dust observations of protoplanetary disks, but their origin is still …

Water in star-forming regions: physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy

EF van Dishoeck, LE Kristensen, JC Mottram… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Water is a key molecule in the physics and chemistry of star and planet formation,
but it is difficult to observe from Earth. The Herschel Space Observatory provided …

Compact disks in a high-resolution ALMA survey of dust structures in the Taurus molecular cloud

F Long, GJ Herczeg, D Harsono, P Pinilla… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a high-resolution (∼ 0 farcs 12,∼ 16 au, mean sensitivity of 50 μJy beam− 1 at
225 GHz) snapshot survey of 32 protoplanetary disks around young stars with spectral type …

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XVIII. Kinematic Substructures in the Disks of HD 163296 and MWC 480

R Teague, J Bae, Y Aikawa, SM Andrews… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We explore the dynamical structure of the protoplanetary disks surrounding HD 163296 and
MWC 480 as part of the Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) large …

Dust-depleted inner disks in a large sample of transition disks through long-baseline ALMA observations

L Francis, N van der Marel - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Transition disks with large inner dust cavities are thought to host massive companions.
However, the disk structure inside the companion orbit and how material flows toward an …

On the diversity of asymmetries in gapped protoplanetary disks

N Van der Marel, T Birnstiel, A Garufi… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Protoplanetary disks with large inner dust cavities are thought to host massive planetary or
substellar companions. These disks show asymmetries and rings in the millimeter …