Unveiling Dust Aggregate Structure in Protoplanetary Disks by Millimeter-wave Scattering Polarization

Abstract

Dust coagulation in a protoplanetary disk is the first step of planetesimal formation. However, a pathway from dust aggregates to planetesimals remains unclear. Both numerical simulations and laboratory experiments have suggested the importance of dust structure in planetesimal formation, but it is not well constrained by observations. We study how dust structure and porosity alters polarimetric images at millimeter wavelength by performing 3D radiative transfer simulations. Aggregates with different porosity and fractal dimension are considered. As a result, we find that dust aggregates with lower porosity and/or higher fractal dimension are favorable to explain observed millimeter-wave scattering polarization of disks. Aggregates with extremely high porosity fail to explain the observations. In addition, we also show that particles with moderate porosity show weak wavelength dependence of scattering polarization, indicating that multi-wavelength polarimetry is useful to constrain dust porosity. Finally, we discuss implications for dust evolution and planetesimal formation in disks.

17 pages, 10 Figures, 1 Table, accepted for publication in ApJ

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