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 …

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 …

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 …

A stellar mass dependence of structured disks: a possible link with exoplanet demographics

N van der Marel, GD Mulders - The Astronomical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Gaps in protoplanetary disks have long been hailed as signposts of planet formation.
However, a direct link between exoplanets and disks remains hard to identify. We present a …

The radial distribution of dust particles in the HL Tau disk from ALMA and VLA observations

C Carrasco-González, A Sierra, M Flock… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding planet formation requires one to discern how dust grows in protoplanetary
disks. An important parameter to measure in disks is the maximum dust grain size present …

PICO: Probe of inflation and cosmic origins

S Hanany, M Alvarez, E Artis, P Ashton… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is an imaging polarimeter that will scan the
sky for 5 years in 21 frequency bands spread between 21 and 799 GHz. It will produce full …

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 …

ALMA chemical survey of disk-outflow sources in Taurus (ALMA-DOT)-II. Vertical stratification of CO, CS, CN, H2CO, and CH3OH in a Class I disk

L Podio, A Garufi, C Codella, D Fedele… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The chemical composition of planets is inherited from that of the natal protoplanetary disk at
the time of planet formation. Increasing observational evidence suggests that planet …

GIARPS High-resolution Observations of T Tauri stars (GHOsT)-IV. Accretion properties of the Taurus-Auriga young association

M Gangi, S Antoniucci, K Biazzo, A Frasca… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Aims. In the framework of the GIARPS High-resolution Observations of T Tauri stars (GHOsT)
project, we study the accretion properties of 37 classical T Tauri stars of the Taurus-Auriga …

Dust enrichment and grain growth in a smooth disk around the DG Tau protostar revealed by ALMA triple bands frequency observations

S Ohashi, M Momose, A Kataoka… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Characterizing the physical properties of dust grains in a protoplanetary disk is critical to
comprehending the planet formation process. Our study presents Atacama Large Millimeter …