Spiral Structure in the Gas Disk of TW Hya

Abstract

We report the detection of spiral substructure in both the gas velocity and temperature structure of the disk around TW~Hya, suggestive of planet-disk interactions with an unseen planet. Perturbations from Keplerian rotation tracing out a spiral pattern are observed in the SE of the disk, while significant azimuthal perturbations in the gas temperature are seen in the outer disk, outside 90~au, extending the full azimuth of the disk. The deviation in velocity is either $\Delta v_{\varphi }/v_{\mathrm{kep}}\sim 0.1$ or $\Delta v_z/v_{\mathrm{kep}}\sim 0.01$ depending on whether the perturbation is in the rotational or vertical direction, while radial perturbations can be ruled out. Deviations in the gas temperature are $\pm 4$ K about the azimuthally averaged profile, equivalent to deviations of $\Delta T_{\mathrm{gas}}/T_{\mathrm{gas}}\sim 0.05$. Assuming all three structures can be described by an Archimedean spiral, measurements of the pitch angles of both velocity and temperature spirals show a radially decreasing trend for all three, ranging from 9${}^{\circ }$ at 70 au, dropping to 3${}^{\circ }$ at 200 au. Such low pitch-angled spirals are not readily explained through the wake of an embedded planet in the location of previously reported at 94 au, but rather require a launching mechanism which results in much more tightly wound spirals. Molecular emission tracing distinct heights in the disk is required to accurately distinguish between spiral launching mechanisms.

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