3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Indications of Rapid Dust Formation in the Inner Region of a Protoplanetary Disk
Thanawuth Thanathibodee, Catherine Espaillat, Nuria Calvet +4
We report a significant increase in mid-infrared emission m in a transitional disk. The 2024 JWST/MIRI observation of the disk around CVSO 1942 reveals flux increase b…
astro-ph.EP2025
Brightness variability in polar circumbinary disks
Ian Rabago, Giuseppe Lodato, Stefano Facchini +1
In binary systems with a strongly misaligned disk, the central binary stars can travel a significant vertical distance above and below the disk's orbital plane. This can cause larg…
astro-ph.EP2025
Formation of Giant Planets
Andrew N. Youdin, Zhaohuan Zhu
Giant planets dominate the mass of many planetary systems, including the Solar System, and represent the best-characterized class of extrasolar planets. Understanding the formation…