ALMA polarimetric studies of rotating jet/disk systems

Abstract

We have recently obtained polarimetric data at mm wavelengths with ALMA for the young systems DG Tau and CW Tau, for which the rotation properties of jet and disk have been investigated in previous high angular resolution studies. The motivation was to test the models of magneto-centrifugal launch of jets via the determination of the magnetic configuration at the disk surface. The analysis of these data, however, reveals that self-scattering of dust thermal radiation dominates the polarization pattern. It is shown that even if no information on the magnetic field can be derived in this case, the polarization data are a powerful tool for the diagnostics of the properties and the evolution of dust in protoplanetary disks.

arXiv comment9 pages, 3 figures, to appear in "Jet Simulations, Experiments and Theory. Ten years after JETSET, what is next ?", C. Sauty ed., Springer Nature

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