Constraints on the physical origin of large cavities in transition disks from multi-wavelength dust continuum emission
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| author | Sierra, Anibal Pérez, Laura M. Sotomayor, Benjamín Benisty, Myriam Chandler, Claire J. Andrews, Sean Carpenter, John Henning, Thomas Testi, Leonardo Ricci, Luca Wilner, David |
| author_facet | Sierra, Anibal Pérez, Laura M. Sotomayor, Benjamín Benisty, Myriam Chandler, Claire J. Andrews, Sean Carpenter, John Henning, Thomas Testi, Leonardo Ricci, Luca Wilner, David |
| contents | The physical origin of the large cavities observed in transition disks is to date still unclear. Different physical mechanisms (e.g., a companion, dead zones, enhanced grain growth) produce disk cavities of different depth, and the expected spatial distribution of gas and solids in each mechanism is not the same. In this work, we analyze the multi-wavelength interferometric visibilities of dust continuum observations obtained with ALMA and VLA for six transition disks: CQTau, UXTau A, LkCa15, RXJ1615, SR24S, and DMTau, and calculate brightness radial profiles, where diverse emission morphology is revealed at different wavelengths. The multi-wavelength data is used to model the spectral energy distribution and compute constraints on the radial profile of the dust surface density, maximum grain size, and dust temperature in each disk. They are compared with the observational signatures expected from various physical mechanisms responsible for disk cavities. The observational signatures suggest that the cavities observed in the disks around UXTau A, LkCa15, and RXJ1615 could potentially originate from a dust trap created by a companion. Conversely, in the disks around CQTau, SR24S, DMTau, the origin of the cavity remains unclear, although it is compatible with a pressure bump and grain growth within the cavity. |
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| spellingShingle | Constraints on the physical origin of large cavities in transition disks from multi-wavelength dust continuum emission Sierra, Anibal Pérez, Laura M. Sotomayor, Benjamín Benisty, Myriam Chandler, Claire J. Andrews, Sean Carpenter, John Henning, Thomas Testi, Leonardo Ricci, Luca Wilner, David Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics The physical origin of the large cavities observed in transition disks is to date still unclear. Different physical mechanisms (e.g., a companion, dead zones, enhanced grain growth) produce disk cavities of different depth, and the expected spatial distribution of gas and solids in each mechanism is not the same. In this work, we analyze the multi-wavelength interferometric visibilities of dust continuum observations obtained with ALMA and VLA for six transition disks: CQTau, UXTau A, LkCa15, RXJ1615, SR24S, and DMTau, and calculate brightness radial profiles, where diverse emission morphology is revealed at different wavelengths. The multi-wavelength data is used to model the spectral energy distribution and compute constraints on the radial profile of the dust surface density, maximum grain size, and dust temperature in each disk. They are compared with the observational signatures expected from various physical mechanisms responsible for disk cavities. The observational signatures suggest that the cavities observed in the disks around UXTau A, LkCa15, and RXJ1615 could potentially originate from a dust trap created by a companion. Conversely, in the disks around CQTau, SR24S, DMTau, the origin of the cavity remains unclear, although it is compatible with a pressure bump and grain growth within the cavity. |
| title | Constraints on the physical origin of large cavities in transition disks from multi-wavelength dust continuum emission |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15407 |