A Circumplanetary Disk around PDS70c

• Published in: Astrophysical journal. Letters Vol. 916; no. 1; p. L2
• Main Authors: Benisty, Myriam, Bae, Jaehan, Facchini, Stefano, Keppler, Miriam, Teague, Richard, Isella, Andrea, Kurtovic, Nicolas T., Pérez, Laura M., Sierra, Anibal, Andrews, Sean M., Carpenter, John, Czekala, Ian, Dominik, Carsten, Henning, Thomas, Menard, Francois, Pinilla, Paola, Zurlo, Alice
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Austin The American Astronomical Society 01.07.2021; IOP Publishing; Bristol : IOP Publishing
• Subjects: Accretion disks; Angular resolution; Continuum radiation; Dust; Emissions; H alpha line; Infrared imaging; Protoplanetary disks; Protoplanets; Radio telescopes; Sciences of the Universe; Surface brightness; Wavelengths; Protoplanetary disks; 1300; Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract PDS 70 is a unique system in which two protoplanets, PDS 70 b and c, have been discovered within the dust-depleted cavity of their disk, at ∼22 and 34 au, respectively, by direct imaging at infrared wavelengths. Subsequent detection of the planets in the H α line indicates that they are sti...