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20192026
most citedALMA CN Zeeman Observations of AS 209: Limits on Magnetic Field Strength and Magnetically Driven Accretion Rate

35 citations · 150 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

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…

astro-ph.SR2025

Multi-band ALMA Polarization Observations of BHB07-11 Reveal Aligned Dust Grains in Complex Spiral Arm Structures

Austen Fourkas, Leslie W. Looney, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin +8

Polarization-mode observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are powerful tools for studying the dust grain populations in circumstellar disks. Many…

astro-ph.EP2025

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…

astro-ph.SR2025

L1448 IRS3B: Dust Polarization Aligned with Spiral Features, Tracing Gas Flows

Leslie W. Looney, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li +11

Circumstellar disk dust polarization in the (sub)millimeter is, for the most part, not from dust grain alignment with magnetic fields but rather indicative of a combination of dust…

astro-ph.EP2024

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…

astro-ph.SR2024

Magnetic Fields Observed along the E-W Outflow of IRAS 16293-2422

Frankie J. Encalada, Leslie W. Looney, Giles Novak +6

Magnetic fields likely play an important role in the formation of young protostars. Multiscale and multiwavelength dust polarization observations can reveal the inferred magnetic f…

astro-ph.SR2024

Protoplanetary Disk Polarization at Multiple Wavelengths: Are Dust Populations Diverse?

Rachel E. Harrison, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Leslie W. Looney +4

Millimeter and sub-millimeter observations of continuum linear dust polarization provide insight into dust grain growth in protoplanetary disks, which are the progenitors of planet…

astro-ph.EP2024

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…

astro-ph.GA2023

Aligned Grains and Scattered Light Found in Gaps of Planet-Forming Disk

Ian W. Stephens, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Manuel Fernandez-Lopez +8

Polarized (sub)millimeter emission from dust grains in circumstellar disks was initially thought to be due to grains aligned with the magnetic field. However, higher resolution mul…

astro-ph.EP2023

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…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 19 cited

Eccentric Dust Ring in the IRS 48 Transition Disk

Haifeng Yang, Manuel Fernandez-Lopez, Zhi-Yun Li +4

Crescent-shaped structures in transition disks hold the key to studying the putative companions to the central stars. The dust dynamics, especially that of different grain sizes, i…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 18 cited

(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…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 9 cited

The Twisted Magnetic Field of the Protobinary L483

Erin G. Cox, Giles Novak, Sarah Sadavoy +16

We present H-band (1.65 m) and SOFIA HAWC+ 154 m polarization observations of the low-mass core L483. Our H-band observations reveal a magnetic field that is overwhelmingly i…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 14 cited

Thermal Emission and Scattering by Aligned Grains: Plane-Parallel Model and Application to Multiwavelength Polarization of the HL Tau Disk

Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li, Haifeng Yang +4

Telescopes are now able to resolve dust polarization across circumstellar disks at multiple wavelengths, allowing the study of the polarization spectrum. Most disks show clear evid…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 21 cited

HAWC+/SOFIA Polarimetry in L1688: Relative Orientation of Magnetic Field and Elongated Cloud Structure

Dennis Lee, Marc Berthoud, Che-Yu Chen +14

We present a study of the relative orientation between the magnetic field and elongated cloud structures for the Oph A and Oph E regions in L1688 in the Ophiuchus molecular…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 35 cited

ALMA CN Zeeman Observations of AS 209: Limits on Magnetic Field Strength and Magnetically Driven Accretion Rate

Rachel E. Harrison, Leslie W. Looney, Ian W. Stephens +7

While magnetic fields likely play an important role in driving the evolution of protoplanetary disks through angular momentum transport, observational evidence of magnetic fields h…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 34 cited

Dust Polarization in Four Protoplanetary Disks at 3 mm: Further Evidence of Multiple Origins

Rachel E. Harrison, Leslie W. Looney, Ian W. Stephens +7

We present polarimetric observations of four Class II protoplanetary disks (DG Tau, Haro 6-13, RY Tau, and MWC 480) taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALM…