Forming localized dust concentrations in a dust ring: DM Tau case study
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| author | Liu, Hauyu Baobab Muto, Takayuki Konishi, Mihoko Chung, Chia-Ying Hashimoto, Jun Doi, Kiyoaki Dong, Ruobing Kudo, Tomoyuki Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Terada, Yuka Kataoka, Akimasa |
| author_facet | Liu, Hauyu Baobab Muto, Takayuki Konishi, Mihoko Chung, Chia-Ying Hashimoto, Jun Doi, Kiyoaki Dong, Ruobing Kudo, Tomoyuki Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Terada, Yuka Kataoka, Akimasa |
| contents | The previous, high angular resolution 225 GHz ($\sim$1.3 mm) continuum observations on the transitional disk DM Tau have resolved an outer ring at 20-120 au radii that is weakly azimuthally asymmetric. We aimed to examine dust growth and filtration in the outer ring. We performed the $\sim$0$''$.06 ($\sim$8.7 au) resolution Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) 40-48 GHz ($\sim$7 mm; Q band) continuum observations and the complementary observations at lower frequencies. In addition, we analyzed the archival JVLA observations that were taken since 2010. Intriguingly, the Q band image resolved the azimuthally highly asymmetric, knotty dust emission sources close to the inner edge of the outer ring. Fitting the 8-700 GHz spectral energy distribution (SED) with two dust components indicates that the maximum grain size in these knotty dust emission sources is likely $\gtrsim$300 $μ$m while it is $\lesssim$50 $μ$m in the rest of the ring. These results may be explained by trapping of inward migrating grown dust close to the ring inner edge. The exact mechanism for developing the azimuthal asymmetry has not yet been identified, which may be due to planet-disk interaction that might also be responsible for the creation of the dust cavity and pressure bump, or the fluid instabilities and vortex formation due to shear motions. Finally, we remark that the asymmetries in DM Tau are hard to diagnose from the $\gtrsim$225 GHz observations owing to a high optical depth at the ring. In other words, the apparent symmetric or asymmetric morphology of the transitional disks may be related to the optical depths of those disks at the observing frequency. |
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| spellingShingle | Forming localized dust concentrations in a dust ring: DM Tau case study Liu, Hauyu Baobab Muto, Takayuki Konishi, Mihoko Chung, Chia-Ying Hashimoto, Jun Doi, Kiyoaki Dong, Ruobing Kudo, Tomoyuki Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Terada, Yuka Kataoka, Akimasa Earth and Planetary Astrophysics The previous, high angular resolution 225 GHz ($\sim$1.3 mm) continuum observations on the transitional disk DM Tau have resolved an outer ring at 20-120 au radii that is weakly azimuthally asymmetric. We aimed to examine dust growth and filtration in the outer ring. We performed the $\sim$0$''$.06 ($\sim$8.7 au) resolution Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) 40-48 GHz ($\sim$7 mm; Q band) continuum observations and the complementary observations at lower frequencies. In addition, we analyzed the archival JVLA observations that were taken since 2010. Intriguingly, the Q band image resolved the azimuthally highly asymmetric, knotty dust emission sources close to the inner edge of the outer ring. Fitting the 8-700 GHz spectral energy distribution (SED) with two dust components indicates that the maximum grain size in these knotty dust emission sources is likely $\gtrsim$300 $μ$m while it is $\lesssim$50 $μ$m in the rest of the ring. These results may be explained by trapping of inward migrating grown dust close to the ring inner edge. The exact mechanism for developing the azimuthal asymmetry has not yet been identified, which may be due to planet-disk interaction that might also be responsible for the creation of the dust cavity and pressure bump, or the fluid instabilities and vortex formation due to shear motions. Finally, we remark that the asymmetries in DM Tau are hard to diagnose from the $\gtrsim$225 GHz observations owing to a high optical depth at the ring. In other words, the apparent symmetric or asymmetric morphology of the transitional disks may be related to the optical depths of those disks at the observing frequency. |
| title | Forming localized dust concentrations in a dust ring: DM Tau case study |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02900 |