Transition disks: the observational revolution from SEDs to imaging

N van der Marel - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2023‏ - epjplus.epj.org
Protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars are the birth place of planets. Of particular
interest are the transition disks with large inner dust cavities of tens of au, hinting at the …

Herbig Stars: A Quarter Century of Progress

SD Brittain, I Kamp, G Meeus, RD Oudmaijer… - Space Science …, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract Herbig Ae/Be stars are young contracting stars on the radiative track in the HR
diagram on their way to the main sequence. These stars provide a valuable link between …

Planet formation theory in the era of ALMA and Kepler: from pebbles to exoplanets

J Drazkowska, B Bitsch, M Lambrechts… - ar** the vertical gas structure of the planet-hosting PDS 70 disk
CJ Law, M Benisty, S Facchini, R Teague… - The Astrophysical …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
PDS 70 hosts two massive, still-accreting planets and the inclined orientation of its
protoplanetary disk presents a unique opportunity to directly probe the vertical gas structure …

MINDS. JWST/MIRI Reveals a Dynamic Gas-rich Inner Disk inside the Cavity of SY Cha

KR Schwarz, T Henning, V Christiaens… - The Astrophysical …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
SY Cha is a T Tauri star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk with a large cavity seen in the
millimeter continuum but has the spectral energy distribution of a full disk. Here we report the …