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 …

Impact of a plasma on the relaxation of black holes

E Cannizzaro, TFM Spieksma, V Cardoso, T Ikeda - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Our Universe is permeated with interstellar plasma, which prevents propagation of low-
frequency electromagnetic waves. Here, we show that two dramatic consequences arise out …

Homogeneous analysis of the dust morphology of transition disks observed with ALMA: investigating dust trapping and the origin of the cavities

P Pinilla, M Tazzari, I Pascucci, AN Youdin… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the dust morphology of 29 transition disks (TDs) observed with Atacama Large
(sub-) Millimeter Array (ALMA) at (sub-) millimeter emission. We perform the analysis in the …

Spiral arms in disks: planets or gravitational instability?

R Dong, JR Najita, S Brittain - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Spiral arm structures seen in scattered-light observations of protoplanetary disks can
potentially serve as signposts of planetary companions. They can also lend unique insights …

Reference star differential imaging of close-in companions and circumstellar disks with the nirc2 vortex coronagraph at the wm keck observatory

G Ruane, H Ngo, D Mawet, O Absil… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Reference star differential imaging (RDI) is a powerful strategy for high-contrast imaging.
Using example observations taken with the vortex coronagraph mode of Keck/NIRC2 in …

ISPY: NACO Imaging Survey for Planets around Young stars-The demographics of forming planets embedded in protoplanetary disks

G Cugno, TD Pearce, R Launhardt, MJ Bonse… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Planet formation is a frequent process, but little observational constraints exist
about the mechanisms involved, especially for giant planets at large separation. The NaCo …

Variable Outer Disk Shadowing around the Dipper Star RXJ1604. 3–2130

P Pinilla, M Benisty, J de Boer, CF Manara… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Low brightness dips have recently been observed in images of protoplanetary disks, and
they are believed to be shadows by the inner disk. We present VLT/SPHERE polarimetric …

The circumstellar disk HD 169142: gas, dust, and planets acting in concert?

A Pohl, M Benisty, P Pinilla, C Ginski… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
HD 169142 is an excellent target for investigating signs of planet–disk interaction due to
previous evidence of gap structures. We perform J-band (∼ 1.2 μm) polarized intensity …

ISPY-NACO Imaging Survey for Planets around Young stars-Survey description and results from the first 2.5 years of observations

R Launhardt, T Henning, A Quirrenbach… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The occurrence rate of long-period (a≳ 50 au) giant planets around young stars is
highly uncertain since it is not only governed by the protoplanetary disc structure and planet …

Deep imaging search for planets forming in the TW Hya protoplanetary disk with the Keck/NIRC2 vortex coronagraph

G Ruane, D Mawet, J Kastner, T Meshkat… - The Astronomical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Distinct gap features in the nearest protoplanetary disk, TW Hya (distance of 59.5±0.9 pc),
may be signposts of ongoing planet formation. We performed long-exposure thermal …