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 …

Debris disks: structure, composition, and variability

AM Hughes, G Duchêne… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Debris disks are tenuous, dust-dominated disks commonly observed around stars over a
wide range of ages. Those around main sequence stars are analogous to the Solar System's …

The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). V. Interpreting ALMA maps of protoplanetary disks in terms of a dust model

T Birnstiel, CP Dullemond, Z Zhu… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP) is the largest
homogeneous high-resolution (∼ 0 farcs 035, or∼ 5 au) disk continuum imaging survey …

Sintering-induced dust ring formation in protoplanetary disks: Application to the HL tau disk

S Okuzumi, M Momose, S Sirono… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The latest observation of HL Tau by ALMA revealed spectacular concentric dust rings in its
circumstellar disk. We attempt to explain the multiple ring structure as a consequence of …

Consistent dust and gas models for protoplanetary disks-I. Disk shape, dust settling, opacities, and PAHs

P Woitke, M Min, C Pinte, WF Thi, I Kamp… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We propose a set of standard assumptions for the modelling of Class II and III protoplanetary
disks, which includes detailed continuum radiative transfer, thermo-chemical modelling of …

Shadows cast on the transition disk of hd 135344b-multiwavelength vlt/sphere polarimetric differential imaging

T Stolker, C Dominik, H Avenhaus, M Min… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. The protoplanetary disk around the F-type star HD 135344B (SAO 206462) is in a
transition stage and shows many intriguing structures both in scattered light and thermal …

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 …

The evidence of radio polarization induced by the radiative grain alignment and self-scattering of dust grains in a protoplanetary disk

A Kataoka, T Tsukagoshi, A Pohl, T Muto… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanisms causing millimeter-wave polarization in protoplanetary disks are under
debate. To disentangle the polarization mechanisms, we observe the protoplanetary disk …

Grain-size measurements in protoplanetary disks indicate fragile pebbles and low turbulence

H Jiang, E Macías, OM Guerra-Alvarado… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Constraining the turbulence level and pebble size in protoplanetary disks is an
essential initial step in understanding the aerodynamic properties of pebbles, which are …

Near-infrared scattered light properties of the HR 4796 A dust ring-A measured scattering phase function from 13.6° to 166.6°

J Milli, A Vigan, D Mouillet, AM Lagrange… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. HR 4796 A is surrounded by a debris disc, observed in scattered light as an
inclined ring with a high surface brightness. Past observations have raised several …