The Ultraviolet View of Star and Planet Formation: Disks, Accretion, and Outflows with the Hubble Space Telescope into the 2030s

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Hauptverfasser: France, Kevin, Gaidos, Eric, Espaillat, Catherine, Manara, Carlo F., Bergin, Edwin
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author France, Kevin
Gaidos, Eric
Espaillat, Catherine
Manara, Carlo F.
Bergin, Edwin
author_facet France, Kevin
Gaidos, Eric
Espaillat, Catherine
Manara, Carlo F.
Bergin, Edwin
contents The spatial distribution and lifetime of molecular gas in the inner regions of young circumstellar disks are key to understanding the formation of planetary systems. Gas-rich disks are observed to disperse in the first ~10 Myr, and recent observational and theoretical evidence suggests that circumstellar disks winds may dominate the removal of angular momentum from the disk, allowing it to dissipate through accretion onto the central star and through low-velocity (<~30 km/s) outflows. The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the disks, accretion, and outflow processes that drive the evolution of planet-forming disks and is poised to answer the key questions in the field in the coming decade. We describe how HST's ultraviolet capabilities can address these questions and identify key goals and high-priority observations for HST into the 2030s.
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spellingShingle The Ultraviolet View of Star and Planet Formation: Disks, Accretion, and Outflows with the Hubble Space Telescope into the 2030s
France, Kevin
Gaidos, Eric
Espaillat, Catherine
Manara, Carlo F.
Bergin, Edwin
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
The spatial distribution and lifetime of molecular gas in the inner regions of young circumstellar disks are key to understanding the formation of planetary systems. Gas-rich disks are observed to disperse in the first ~10 Myr, and recent observational and theoretical evidence suggests that circumstellar disks winds may dominate the removal of angular momentum from the disk, allowing it to dissipate through accretion onto the central star and through low-velocity (<~30 km/s) outflows. The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the disks, accretion, and outflow processes that drive the evolution of planet-forming disks and is poised to answer the key questions in the field in the coming decade. We describe how HST's ultraviolet capabilities can address these questions and identify key goals and high-priority observations for HST into the 2030s.
title The Ultraviolet View of Star and Planet Formation: Disks, Accretion, and Outflows with the Hubble Space Telescope into the 2030s
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27687