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Article Dans Une Revue The Astrophysical Journal Année : 2024

Constraints on the Physical Origin of Large Cavities in Transition Disks from Multiwavelength Dust Continuum Emission

Anibal Sierra
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Laura M. Pérez
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Benjamín Sotomayor
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Claire J. Chandler
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Sean Andrews
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John Carpenter
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Thomas Henning
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Leonardo Testi
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Luca Ricci
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David Wilner
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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 multiwavelength interferometric visibilities of dust continuum observations obtained with Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and Very Large Array 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 multiwavelength data are 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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insu-04836800 , version 1 (15-12-2024)

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Anibal Sierra, Laura M. Pérez, Benjamín Sotomayor, Myriam Benisty, Claire J. Chandler, et al.. Constraints on the Physical Origin of Large Cavities in Transition Disks from Multiwavelength Dust Continuum Emission. The Astrophysical Journal, 2024, 974, ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/ad7460⟩. ⟨insu-04836800⟩
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