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 …

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 …

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 …

On the diversity and statistical properties of protostellar discs

MR Bate - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present results from the first population synthesis study of protostellar discs. We analyse
the evolution and properties of a large sample of protostellar discs formed in a radiation …

Phantom: A smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysics

DJ Price, J Wurster, TS Tricco, C Nixon… - Publications of the …, 2018 - cambridge.org
We present Phantom, a fast, parallel, modular, and low-memory smoothed particle
hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code developed over the last decade for …

Toward a global evolutionary model of protoplanetary disks

XN Bai - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A global picture of the evolution of protoplanetary disks (PPDs) is key to
understanding almost every aspect of planet formation, where standard α-disk models have …

Global simulations of the inner regions of protoplanetary disks with comprehensive disk microphysics

XN Bai - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The gas dynamics of weakly ionized protoplanetary disks (PPDs) are largely governed by
the coupling between gas and magnetic fields, described by three non-ideal …

Characterizing young protostellar disks with the CALYPSO IRAM-PdBI survey: large Class 0 disks are rare

AJ Maury, P André, L Testi, S Maret, A Belloche… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Context. Understanding the formation mechanisms of protoplanetary disks and multiple
systems and also their pristine properties are key questions for modern astrophysics. The …

Signs of early-stage disk growth revealed with ALMA

HW Yen, PM Koch, S Takakuwa… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present ALMA 1.3 mm continuum, 12 CO, C 18 O, and SO data for the Class 0 protostars
Lupus 3 MMS, IRAS 15398− 3559, and IRAS 16253− 2429 at resolutions of∼ 100 au. By …