COMPARISON OF THE DUST AND GAS RADIAL STRUCTURE IN THE TRANSITION DISK [PZ99] J160421.7-213028

We present ALMA observations of the 880 μm continuum and CO J = 3-2 line emission from the transition disk around [PZ99] J160421.7-213028, a solar mass star in the Upper Scorpius OB association. Analysis of the continuum data indicates that 80% of the dust mass is concentrated in an annulus extendin...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Astrophysical journal 2014-08, Vol.791 (1), p.42
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Ke, Isella, Andrea, Carpenter, John M., Blake, Geoffrey A.
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Zusammenfassung:We present ALMA observations of the 880 μm continuum and CO J = 3-2 line emission from the transition disk around [PZ99] J160421.7-213028, a solar mass star in the Upper Scorpius OB association. Analysis of the continuum data indicates that 80% of the dust mass is concentrated in an annulus extending between 79 and 114 AU in radius. Dust is robustly detected inside the annulus, at a mass surface density 100 times lower than that at 80 AU. The CO emission in the inner disk also shows a significantly decreased mass surface density, but we infer a cavity radius of only 31 AU for the gas. The large separation of the dust and gas cavity edges, as well as the high radial concentration of millimeter-sized dust grains, is qualitatively consistent with the predictions of pressure trap models that include hydrodynamical disk-planet interactions and dust coagulation/fragmentation processes.
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/791/1/42