Direct Optical Evidence of Late-Stage Infall in AB Aurigae: A Stagnant [O I] Reservoir and a Crushed Magnetosphere

Dipen Sahu, Rishikesh Sharma, Shubhendra Nath Das +2

Massive planet-carved cavities in transition disks should theoretically throttle inward gas transport, challenging our understanding of how central stars maintain vigorous accretio…