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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 819, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/819/2/134
关键词
planet-disk interactions; protoplanetary disks; stars: individual (SAO 206462)
资金
- University of Michigan
- NASA - Space Telescope Science Institute [HST-HF-51333.01-A]
- NASA [NAS 5-26555]
The disk surrounding SAO 206462, an 8 Myr old Herbig Ae star, has recently been reported to exhibit spiral arms, an asymmetric dust continuum, and a dust-depleted inner cavity. By carrying out two-dimensional, two-fluid hydrodynamic calculations, we find that a planetary-mass companion located at the outer disk could be responsible for these observed structures. In this model, the planet excites primary and secondary arms interior to its orbit. It also carves a gap and generates a local pressure bump at the inner gap edge where a vortex forms through Rossby wave instability. The vortex traps radially drifting dust particles, forming a dust-depleted cavity in the inner disk. We propose that the vortex is responsible for the brightest southwestern peak seen in infrared scattered light and sub-millimeter dust continuum emission. In particular, it is possible that the scattered light is boosted as one of the spiral arms passes through the high density vortex region, although the vortex alone may be able to explain the peak. We suggest that a planetary companion with a mass of 10-15 M-J is orbiting SAO. 206462 at 100-120 au. Monitoring of the brightest peak over the next few years will help reveal its origin because the spiral arms and vortex will show distinguishable displacement.
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