Secular evolution of MHD wind-driven discs: analytical solutions in the expanded α-framework

B Tabone, GP Rosotti, AJ Cridland… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of protoplanetary discs and the related process of planet formation is
regulated by angular momentum transport and mass-loss processes. Over the past decade …

Evidence for non-zero turbulence in the protoplanetary disc around IM Lup

K Flaherty, AM Hughes, JB Simon… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The amount of turbulence in protoplanetary discs around young stars is critical for
determining the efficiency, timeline, and outcomes of planet formation. It is also difficult to …

JWST imaging of edge-on protoplanetary disks. I. Fully vertically mixed 10 μm grains in the outer regions of a 1000 au disk

G Duchêne, F Ménard, KR Stapelfeldt… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Scattered light imaging of protoplanetary disks provides key insights on the geometry and
dust properties in the disk surface. Here, we present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) …

JWST MIRI MRS images of disk winds, water, and CO in an edge-on protoplanetary disk

N Arulanantham, MK McClure… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present JWST MIRI MRS observations of the edge-on protoplanetary disk
around the young subsolar-mass star Tau 042021, acquired as part of the Cycle 1 GO …

The dispersal of protoplanetary discs–II: photoevaporation models with observationally derived irradiating spectra

B Ercolano, G Picogna, K Monsch… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Young solar-type stars are known to be strong X-ray emitters and their X-ray spectra have
been widely studied. X-rays from the central star may play a crucial role in the …

The kinematics and excitation of infrared water vapor emission from planet-forming disks: results from spectrally resolved surveys and guidelines for JWST spectra

A Banzatti, KM Pontoppidan, JP Chávez… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents ground-based spectrally resolved water emission at R= 30,000–100,000
over infrared wavelengths covered by the JWST (2.9–12.8 μm). Two new surveys with …

JWST MIRI MRS Observations of T Cha: Discovery of a Spatially Resolved Disk Wind

NS Bajaj, I Pascucci, U Gorti, R Alexander… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding when and how circumstellar disks disperse is crucial to constrain planet
formation and migration. Thermal winds powered by high-energy stellar photons have long …

Twenty-five years of accretion onto the classical T Tauri star TW Hya

GJ Herczeg, Y Chen, JF Donati… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Accretion plays a central role in the physics that governs the evolution and dispersal of
protoplanetary disks. The primary goal of this paper is to analyze the stability over time of the …

The Dynamic, Chimeric Inner Disk of PDS 70

E Gaidos, T Thanathibodee, A Hoffman… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Transition disks, with inner regions depleted in dust and gas, could represent later stages of
protoplanetary disk evolution when newly formed planets are emerging. The PDS 70 system …

A High-resolution Optical Survey of Upper Sco: Evidence for Coevolution of Accretion and Disk Winds

M Fang, I Pascucci, S Edwards, U Gorti… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and photoevaporative winds are thought to play an important
role in the evolution and dispersal of planet-forming disks. Here, we analyze high-resolution …