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 …

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). I. Program overview and highlights

KI Öberg, VV Guzmán, C Walsh, Y Aikawa… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Planets form and obtain their compositions in dust-and gas-rich disks around young stars,
and the outcome of this process is intimately linked to the disk chemical properties. The …

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). IV. Emission surfaces and vertical distribution of molecules

CJ Law, R Teague, RA Loomis, J Bae… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) Large Program provides a
unique opportunity to study the vertical distribution of gas, chemistry, and temperature in the …

Molecules with ALMA at planet-forming scales (MAPS). III. Characteristics of radial chemical substructures

CJ Law, RA Loomis, R Teague, KI Öberg… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) Large Program provides a
detailed, high-resolution (∼ 10–20 au) view of molecular line emission in five protoplanetary …

Meridional flows in the disk around a young star

R Teague, J Bae, EA Bergin - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Protoplanetary disks are known to possess a variety of substructures in the distribution of
their millimetre-sized grains, predominantly seen as rings and gaps, which are frequently …

Nine localized deviations from Keplerian rotation in the DSHARP circumstellar disks: kinematic evidence for protoplanets carving the gaps

C Pinte, DJ Price, F Ménard, G Duchêne… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present evidence for localized deviations from Keplerian rotation, ie, velocity" kinks," in 8
of the 18 circumstellar disks observed by the DSHARP program: DoAr 25, Elias 2–27, GW …

Measuring turbulent motion in planet-forming disks with ALMA: a detection around DM Tau and nondetections around MWC 480 and V4046 Sgr

K Flaherty, AM Hughes, JB Simon, C Qi… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Turbulence is a crucial factor in many models of planet formation, but it has only been
directly constrained among a small number of planet-forming disks. Building on the upper …

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 …

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XVIII. Kinematic Substructures in the Disks of HD 163296 and MWC 480

R Teague, J Bae, Y Aikawa, SM Andrews… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We explore the dynamical structure of the protoplanetary disks surrounding HD 163296 and
MWC 480 as part of the Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) large …

The Disc Miner-II. Revealing gas substructures and kinematic signatures from planet-disc interaction through line profile analysis

AF Izquierdo, L Testi, S Facchini, GP Rosotti… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Detecting planets in the early stages of formation is key to reconstructing the history and
diversity of fully developed planetary systems. The aim of this work is to identify potential …