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 …

Impact of low-energy cosmic rays on star formation

M Padovani, AV Ivlev, D Galli, SSR Offner… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
In recent years, exciting developments have taken place in the identification of the role of
cosmic rays in star-forming environments. Observations from radio to infrared wavelengths …

The disk substructures at high angular resolution project (DSHARP). VII. The planet–disk interactions interpretation

S Zhang, Z Zhu, J Huang, VV Guzmán… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP) provides a
large sample of protoplanetary disks with substructures that could be induced by young …

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XIV. Revealing disk substructures in multiwavelength continuum emission

A Sierra, LM Pérez, K Zhang, CJ Law… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Constraining dust properties of planet-forming disks via high-angular-resolution
observations is fundamental to understanding how solids are trapped in substructures and …

Characterizing the dust content of disk substructures in TW Hydrae

E Macías, O Guerra-Alvarado… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. A key piece of information to understand the origin and role of protoplanetary disk
substructures is their dust content. In particular, disk substructures associated with gas …

The size of monomers of dust aggregates in planet-forming disks-Insights from quantitative optical and near-infrared polarimetry

R Tazaki, C Dominik - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The size of the constituent particles (monomers) of dust aggregates is one of the
most uncertain parameters directly affecting collisional growth of aggregates in planet …

History of the solar nebula from meteorite paleomagnetism

BP Weiss, XN Bai, RR Fu - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
We review recent advances in our understanding of magnetism in the solar nebula and
protoplanetary disks (PPDs). We discuss the implications of theory, meteorite …

Interferometric observations of magnetic fields in forming stars

CLH Hull, Q Zhang - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The magnetic field is a key ingredient in the recipe of star formation. However, the
importance of the magnetic field in the early stages of the formation of low-and high-mass …

ALMA observations of polarized emission toward the CW Tau and DG Tau protoplanetary disks: constraints on dust grain growth and settling

F Bacciotti, JM Girart, M Padovani… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present polarimetric data of CW Tau and DG Tau, two well-known Class II disk/jet
systems, obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) at 870 μm …

Fractal aggregates of submicron-sized grains in the young planet-forming disk around IM lup

R Tazaki, C Ginski, C Dominik - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite rapidly growing disk observations, it remains a mystery what primordial dust
aggregates look like and what the physical and chemical properties of their constituent …