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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 742, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/742/1/L5
关键词
circumstellar matter; planet-disk interactions; protoplanetary disks; stars: individual (LkCa 15); submillimeter: planetary systems
资金
- INSU/CNRS (France)
- MPG (Germany)
- IGN (Spain)
- Smithsonian Institution
- Academia Sinica
We present 870 mu m observations of dust continuum emission from the LkCa 15 protoplanetary disk at high angular resolution (with a characteristic scale of 0 ''.25 = 35 AU), obtained with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer and supplemented by slightly lower resolution observations from the Submillimeter Array. We fit these data with simple morphological models to characterize the spectacular ring-like emission structure of this disk. Our analysis indicates that a small amount of 870 mu m dust emission (similar to 5 mJy) originates inside a large (40-50 AU radius) low optical depth cavity. This result can be interpreted either in the context of an abrupt decrease by a factor of similar to 5 in the radial distribution of millimeter-sized dust grains or as indirect evidence for a gap in the disk, in agreement with previous inferences from the unresolved infrared spectrum and scattered light images. A preliminary model focused on the latter possibility suggests the presence of a low-mass (planetary) companion, having properties commensurate with those inferred from the recent discovery of LkCa 15b.
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