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most citedGaps and Rings in an ALMA Survey of Disks in the Taurus Star-forming Region

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astro-ph.SR2026

Hot water emission during an outburst in a classical T Tauri star

Zhen Guo, Javier Osses, Vitor Fermiano +34

In this paper, we present observations of an eruptive young star in the Rosette Nebula, identified by the Gaia Science Alerts system using Gaia time series data. We aim to investig…

astro-ph.EP2026

From Young to Older Disks: JWST/MIRI Evidence for Fading Molecular Emission and Hints for Elevated C/O in Upper Scorpius

Chengyan Xie, Ilaria Pascucci, Feng Long +23

We present JWST/MIRI spectroscopy of 14 disks in the older (~5-10 Myr) Upper Scorpius (USco) association and use slab of gas in local thermal equilibrium to infer basic gas propert…

astro-ph.EP2026

Probing Dust in the MWC 480 Disk from Millimeter to Centimeter Wavelengths

Yangfan Shi, Feng Long, Enrique Macías +12

We present deep, high-resolution (100 mas) Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) Ka-band (9.1 mm) observations of the disk around MWC 480, and infer dust properties through a…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 7 cited

MINDS. Strong oxygen depletion in the inner regions of a very low-mass star disk?

Jayatee Kanwar, Inga Kamp, Peter Woitke +10

JWST is discovering a plethora of species in planet-forming disks around very low-mass stars such as C2H2, C6H6, C4H2, CH3 etc. The column densities of these species retrieved from…

astro-ph.IM2024

UPdec-Webb: A Dataset for Coaddition of JWST NIRCam Images

Lei Wang, Huanyuan Shan, Lin Nie +19

We present the application of the image coaddition algorithm, Up-sampling and PSF Deconvolution Coaddition (UPDC), for stacking multiple exposure images captured by the James Webb…

astro-ph.EP2024

JWST-MIRI Spectroscopy of Warm Molecular Emission and Variability in the AS 209 Disk

Carlos E. Romero-Mirza, Karin I. Öberg, Andrea Banzatti +24

We present MIRI MRS observations of the large, multi-gapped protoplanetary disk around the T-Tauri star AS 209. The observations reveal hundreds of water vapor lines from 4.9 to 25…

astro-ph.EP2023

Water-Rich Disks around Late M-stars Unveiled: Exploring the Remarkable Case of Sz114

Chengyan Xie, Ilaria Pascucci, Feng Long +18

We present an analysis of the JDISC JWST/MIRI-MRS spectrum of Sz~114, an accreting M5 star surrounded by a large dust disk with a shallow gap at au. The spectrum is molec…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 18 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). Complex Kinematics in the AS 209 Disk Induced by a Forming Planet and Disk Winds

Maria Galloway-Sprietsma, Jaehan Bae, Richard Teague +19

We study the kinematics of the AS 209 disk using the J=2-1 transitions of CO, CO, and CO. We derive the radial, azimuthal, and vertical velocity of the gas, ta…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 14 cited

FAST discovery of long tidal tails in NGC 4490/85

Yao Liu, Ming Zhu, Haiyang Yu +5

We report the discovery of a 100 kpc HI tail in the merging galaxy pair NGC 4490/85 detected by the Five-Hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). The tidal tails ex…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 6 cited

A Large Double-ring Disk around the Taurus M Dwarf J04124068+2438157

Feng Long, Bin B. Ren, Nicole L. Wallack +23

Planet formation imprints signatures on the physical structures of disks. In this paper, we present high-resolution (50 mas, 8 au) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Arra…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 3 cited

The Radial Profile of Dust Grain Size in the Protoplanetary Disk of DS Tau

Dafa Li, Yao Liu, Hongchi Wang +2

How do dust grains in protoplanetary disks overcome rapid radial drift and grow from micron size particles to planets is not well understood. The key is to search for evidence of d…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 35 cited

On the underestimation of dust mass in protoplanetary disks: Effects of disk structure and dust properties

Yao Liu, Hendrik Linz, Min Fang +6

The total amount of dust grains in protoplanetary disks is one of the key properties that characterize the potential for planet formation. With (sub-)millimeter flux measurements,…

astro-ph.GA2022

Evolution of Galaxy Types and HI Gas in Hickson Compact Groups

Yao Liu, Ming Zhu

Compact groups have high galaxy densities and low velocity dispersions, and their group members have experienced numerous and frequent interactions during their lifetimes. They pro…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 20 cited

Millimeter Gap Contrast as a Probe for Turbulence Level in Protoplanetary Disks

Yao Liu, Gesa H. -M. Bertrang, Mario Flock +7

Turbulent motions are believed to regulate angular momentum transport and influence dust evolution in protoplanetary disks. Measuring the strength of turbulence is challenging thro…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 64 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). A Circumplanetary Disk Candidate in Molecular Line Emission in the AS 209 Disk

Jaehan Bae, Richard Teague, Sean M. Andrews +29

We report the discovery of a circumplanetary disk (CPD) candidate embedded in the circumstellar disk of the T Tauri star AS 209 at a radial distance of about 200 au (on-sky separat…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 21 cited

Gas Column Density Distribution of Molecular Clouds in the Third Quadrant of the Milky Way

Yuehui Ma, Hongchi Wang, Miaomiao Zhang +7

We have obtained column density maps for an unbiased sample of 120 molecular clouds in the third quadrant of the Milky Way mid-plane (b) within the galactic longit…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 6 cited

The Ages of Optically Bright Sub-Clusters in the Serpens Star-Forming Region

Xingyu Zhou, Gregory J. Herczeg, Yao Liu +2

The Serpens Molecular Cloud is one of the most active star-forming regions within 500 pc, with over one thousand of YSOs at different evolutionary stages. The ages of the member st…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 5 cited

Modeling the arc and ring structures in the HD 143006 disk

Yao Liu, Mario Flock, Min Fang

Rings and asymmetries in protoplanetary disks are considered as signposts of ongoing planet formation. In this work, we conduct three-dimensional radiative transfer simulations to…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 176 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) V: CO gas distributions

Ke Zhang, Alice S. Booth, Charles J. Law +32

Here we present high resolution (15-24 au) observations of CO isotopologue lines from the Molecules with ALMA on Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) ALMA Large Program. Our analysis emplo…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 124 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XIV: Revealing disk substructures in multi-wavelength continuum emission

Anibal Sierra, Laura M. Pérez, Ke Zhang +25

Constraining dust properties of planet-forming disks via high angular resolution observations is fundamental to understanding how solids are trapped in substructures and how dust g…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 143 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) IV: Emission Surfaces and Vertical Distribution of Molecules

Charles J. Law, Richard Teague, Ryan A. Loomis +32

The Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) Large Program provides a unique opportunity to study the vertical distribution of gas, chemistry, and temperature in the pro…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 3 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) VIII: CO Gap in AS 209--Gas Depletion or Chemical Processing?

Felipe Alarcón, Arthur Bosman, Edwin Bergin +22

Emission substructures in gas and dust are common in protoplanetary disks. Such substructures can be linked to planet formation or planets themselves. We explore the observed gas s…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 288 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) I: Program Overview and Highlights

Karin I. Oberg, Viviana V. Guzman, Catherine Walsh +35

Planets form and obtain their compositions in dust and gas-rich disks around young stars, and the outcome of this process is intimately linked to the disk chemical properties. The…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 2 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XV. Tracing protoplanetary disk structure within 20 au

Arthur D. Bosman, Edwin A. Bergin, Ryan A. Loomis +25

Constraining the distribution of gas and dust in the inner 20 au of protoplanetary disks is difficult. At the same time, this region is thought to be responsible for most planet fo…