Theory of star formation

CF McKee, EC Ostriker - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 2007 - annualreviews.org
We review current understanding of star formation, outlining an overall theoretical framework
and the observations that motivate it. A conception of star formation has emerged in which …

Protoplanetary disks and their evolution

JP Williams, LA Cieza - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Flattened, rotating disks of cool dust and gas extending for tens to hundreds of astronomical
units are found around almost all low-mass stars shortly after their birth. These disks …

The 2014 ALMA long baseline campaign: first results from high angular resolution observations toward the HL Tau region

CL Brogan, LM Pérez, TR Hunter… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations
from the 2014 Long Baseline Campaign in dust continuum and spectral line emission from …

The mass dependence between protoplanetary disks and their stellar hosts

SM Andrews, KA Rosenfeld, AL Kraus… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a substantial extension of the millimeter (mm) wave continuum photometry
catalog for circumstellar dust disks in the Taurus star-forming region, based on a new" …

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 …

Forming the cores of giant planets from the radial pebble flux in protoplanetary discs

M Lambrechts, A Johansen - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014 - aanda.org
The formation of planetary cores must proceed rapidly in order for the giant planets to
accrete their gaseous envelopes before the dissipation of the protoplanetary gas disc (≲ 3 …

ALMA observations of circumstellar disks in the upper scorpius OB association

SA Barenfeld, JM Carpenter, L Ricci… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present ALMA observations of 106 G-, K-, and M-type stars in the Upper Scorpius OB
Association hosting circumstellar disks. With these data, we measure the 0.88 mm …

Resolved images of large cavities in protoplanetary transition disks

SM Andrews, DJ Wilner, C Espaillat… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Circumstellar disks are thought to experience a rapid" transition" phase in their evolution that
can have a considerable impact on the formation and early development of planetary …

Protoplanetary disk structures in Ophiuchus

SM Andrews, DJ Wilner, AM Hughes, C Qi… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of a high angular resolution (0 farcs 3≈ 40 AU) Submillimeter Array
survey of the 345 GHz (870 μm) thermal continuum emission from nine of the brightest, and …

Millimeter-wave polarization of protoplanetary disks due to dust scattering

A Kataoka, T Muto, M Momose… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new method to constrain the grain size in protoplanetary disks with
polarization observations at millimeter wavelengths. If dust grains are grown to the size …