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Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). XXV. Inclination-Induced Minor-Axis Brightness Asymmetries Reveal Limited Dust Settling in Embedded Protostellar Disks
Sidhant Kumar Suar, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li +9
How and when dust settles in young protostellar disks is a key open question for the dust concentration needed to form planetesimals and, ultimately, planets. However, directly mea…
The ALMA View of the Edge-on Gomez's Hamburger System: A Highly-Dynamic, Asymmetric Protoplanetary Disk Reveals the Earliest Phases of Giant Planet Formation
Charles J. Law, Jensen Lawrence, Richard Teague +18
Chemical tracers provide some of the strongest observational signatures of ongoing planet formation and localized dynamical perturbations in protoplanetary disks. In particular, su…
Azimuthal Dust Polarization from Aerodynamically Aligned Grains as Evidence for the Streaming Instability in Protoplanetary Disks
Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Jeonghoon Lim, Jacob B. Simon +8
(Sub)millimeter dust polarization in protoplanetary disks has revealed the presence of large (~ 100 um) dust grains that are aligned along their long axis following the azimuthal d…
Detailed radial scale height profile of dust grains as probed by dust self-scattering in HL Tau
Haifeng Yang, Ian W. Stephens, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin +4
The vertical settling of dust grains in a circumstellar disk, characterized by their scale height, is a pivotal process in the formation of planets. This study offers in-depth anal…
Badminton Birdie-Like Aerodynamic Alignment of Drifting Dust Grains by Subsonic Gaseous Flows in Protoplanetary Disks
Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li, Haifeng Yang +4
Recent (sub)millimeter polarization observations of protoplanetary disks reveal toroidally aligned, effectively prolate dust grains large enough (at least ~100 m) to efficiently…
Turbulent vortex with moderate dust settling probed by scattering-induced polarization in the IRS 48 system
Haifeng Yang, Manuel Fernández-López, Zhi-Yun Li +4
We investigate the crescent-shaped dust trap in the transition disk, Oph IRS 48, using well-resolved (sub)millimeter polarimetric observations at ALMA Band 7 (870 m). The dust p…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) XIV: Flared Dust Distribution and Viscous Accretion Heating of the Disk around R CrA IRS 7B-a
Shigehisa Takakuwa, Kazuya Saigo, Miyu Kido +22
We performed radiative transfer calculations and observing simulations to reproduce the 1.3-mm dust-continuum and CO (2-1) images in the Class I protostar R CrA IRS7B-a, obs…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). VIII. A Small Protostellar Disk around the Extremely Low-Mass and Young Class 0 Protostar, IRAS 15398-3359
Travis J. Thieme, Shih-Ping Lai, Nagayoshi Ohashi +22
Protostellar disks are a ubiquitous part of the star formation process and the future sites of planet formation. As part of the Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) lar…
Panchromatic (Sub)millimeter Polarization Observations of HL Tau Unveil Aligned Scattering Grains
Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li, Ian W. Stephens +14
Polarization is a unique tool to study the properties of dust grains of protoplanetary disks and detail the initial conditions of planet formation. Polarization around HL Tau was p…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) VI: Kinematic Structures around the Very Low Mass Protostar IRAS 16253-2429
Yusuke Aso, Woojin Kwon, Nagayoshi Ohashi +24
Precise estimates of protostellar masses are crucial to characterize the formation of stars of low masses down to brown-dwarfs (BDs; M* < 0.08 Msun). The most accurate estimation o…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) IX: High-resolution ALMA Observations of the Class 0 Protostar R CrA IRS5N and its surrounding
Rajeeb Sharma, Jes K. Jørgensen, Sacha Gavino +19
We present high-resolution, high-sensitivity observations of the Class 0 protostar RCrA IRS5N as part of the Atacama Large Milimeter/submilimeter Array (ALMA) large program Early P…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) V: Possible Annular Substructure in a Circumstellar Disk in the Ced110 IRS4 System
Jinshi Sai, Hsi-Wei Yen, Nagayoshi Ohashi +25
We have observed the Class 0/I protostellar system Ced110 IRS4 at an angular resolution of (10 au) as a part of the ALMA large program; Early Planet Formation in the…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). VII. Keplerian Disk, Disk Substructure, and Accretion Streamers in the Class 0 Protostar IRAS 16544-1604 in CB 68
Miyu Kido, Shigehisa Takakuwa, Kazuya Saigo +34
We present observations of the Class 0 protostar IRAS 16544-1604 in CB 68 from the ''Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk)'' ALMA Large program. The ALMA observations ta…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). II. Limited Dust Settling and Prominent Snow Surfaces in the Edge-on Class I Disk IRAS 04302+2247
Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li, John J. Tobin +26
While dust disks around optically visible, Class II protostars are found to be vertically thin, when and how dust settles to the midplane are unclear. As part of the Atacama Large…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). IV. The Ringed and Warped Structure of the Disk around the Class I Protostar L1489 IRS
Yoshihide Yamato, Yuri Aikawa, Nagayoshi Ohashi +28
Constraining the physical and chemical structure of young embedded disks is crucial to understanding the earliest stages of planet formation. As part of the Early Planet Formation…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) III: A first high-resolution view of sub-mm continuum and molecular line emission toward the Class 0 protostar L1527 IRS
Merel L. R. van 't Hoff, John J. Tobin, Zhi-Yun Li +25
Studying the physical and chemical conditions of young embedded disks is crucial to constrain the initial conditions for planet formation. Here, we present Atacama Large Millimeter…
Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). I. Overview of the Program and First Results
Nagayoshi Ohashi, John J. Tobin, Jes K. Jørgensen +34
We present an overview of the Large Program, ``Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk)'', conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The ubiqu…
(Sub)millimeter Dust Polarization of Protoplanetary Disks from Scattering by Large Millimeter-Sized Irregular Grains
Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li, Haifeng Yang +6
The size of dust grains, , is key to the physical and chemical processes in circumstellar disks, but observational constraints of grain size remain challenging. (Sub)millimeter…
Validating Scattering-Induced (Sub)millimeter Disk Polarization through the Spectral Index, Wavelength-Dependent Polarization Pattern, and Polarization Spectrum: The Case of HD 163296
Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li, Haifeng Yang +3
An increasing number of young circumstellar disks show strikingly ordered (sub)millimeter polarization orientations along the minor axis, which is strong evidence for polarization…