Investigating the Relative Gas and Small Dust Grain Surface Heights in Protoplanetary Disks

Authors

Evan A. Rich, University of Michigan
Richard Teague, Harvard & Smithsonian
John D. Monnier, University of Michigan
Claire L. Davies, University of Exeter
Arthur Bosman, University of Michigan
Tim J. Harries, University of Exeter
Nuria Calvet, University of Michigan
Fred C. Adams, University of Michigan
David Wilner, Harvard & Smithsonian
Zhaohuan Zhu, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-4-2021

Publication Title

Astrophysical Journal

Volume

913

Issue

2

First page number:

1

Last page number:

9

Abstract

Dust evolution in protoplanetary disks from small dust grains to pebbles is key to the planet formation process. The gas in protoplanetary disks should influence the vertical distribution of small dust grains (~1 μm) in the disk. Utilizing archival near-infrared polarized light and millimeter observations, we can measure the scale height and flare parameter β of the small dust grain scattering surface and 12CO gas emission surface for three protoplanetary disks: IM Lup, HD 163296, and HD 97048 (CU Cha). For two systems, IM Lup and HD 163296, the 12CO gas and small dust grains at small radii from the star have similar heights, but at larger radii... (See full abstract in article).

Keywords

Protoplanetary disks; Direct imaging

Disciplines

Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy

Language

English

Repository Citation

Rich, E. A., Teague, R., Monnier, J. D., Davies, C. L., Bosman, A., Harries, T. J., Calvet, N., Adams, F. C., Wilner, D., Zhu, Z. (2021). Investigating the Relative Gas and Small Dust Grain Surface Heights in Protoplanetary Disks. Astrophysical Journal, 913(2), 1-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abf92e