A Dwarf Transitional Protoplanetary Disk around XZ Tau B

DOI: 
10.3847/2041-8205/825/1/L10
Publication date: 
01/07/2016
Main author: 
Osorio, Mayra
IAA authors: 
Osorio, Mayra;Macías, Enrique;Anglada, Guillem;Gómez, José F.
Authors: 
Osorio, Mayra;Macías, Enrique;Anglada, Guillem;Carrasco-González, Carlos;Galván-Madrid, Roberto;Zapata, Luis;Calvet, Nuria;Gómez, José F.;Nagel, Erick;Rodríguez, Luis F.;Torrelles, José M.;Zhu, Zhaohuan
Journal: 
The Astrophysical Journal
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
825
Pages: 
L10
Abstract: 
We report the discovery of a dwarf protoplanetary disk around the star XZ Tau B that shows all the features of a classical transitional disk but on a much smaller scale. The disk has been imaged with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), revealing that its dust emission has a quite small radius of ∼3.4 au and presents a central cavity of ∼1.3 au in radius that we attribute to clearing by a compact system of orbiting (proto)planets. Given the very small radii involved, evolution is expected to be much faster in this disk (observable changes in a few months) than in classical disks (observable changes requiring decades) and easy to monitor with observations in the near future. From our modeling we estimate that the mass of the disk is large enough to form a compact planetary system.
Database: 
ADS
SCOPUS
WOK
URL: 
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJ...825L..10O/abstract
ADS Bibcode: 
2016ApJ...825L..10O
Keywords: 
planet─disk interactions;protoplanetary disks;stars: formation;stars: individual: XZ Tau B;stars: pre-main sequence;Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics