Light Echoes of Protoplanetary Disks

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Hauptverfasser: King, Austin J., Bromley, Benjamin C.
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author King, Austin J.
Bromley, Benjamin C.
author_facet King, Austin J.
Bromley, Benjamin C.
contents Light echoes offer a means of studying protoplanetary disks, including their geometry and composition, even when they are not spatially resolved. We present a test of this approach applied specifically to optically thick, geometrically flared disks around active stars. Here we adopt stellar parameters of an active M dwarf to calculate light echoes for disks and rings with radii that would produce time delays consistent with TESS short cadence (about 2 minutes) time bins. Our results show successful fits to disk parameters, highlighting the potential effectiveness of this method in the search for protoplanetary disks.
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spellingShingle Light Echoes of Protoplanetary Disks
King, Austin J.
Bromley, Benjamin C.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Light echoes offer a means of studying protoplanetary disks, including their geometry and composition, even when they are not spatially resolved. We present a test of this approach applied specifically to optically thick, geometrically flared disks around active stars. Here we adopt stellar parameters of an active M dwarf to calculate light echoes for disks and rings with radii that would produce time delays consistent with TESS short cadence (about 2 minutes) time bins. Our results show successful fits to disk parameters, highlighting the potential effectiveness of this method in the search for protoplanetary disks.
title Light Echoes of Protoplanetary Disks
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11999