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High-Resolution Submillimeter and Near-Infrared Studies of the Transition Disk around Sz 91To reveal the structures of a transition disk around a young stellar object in Lupus, Sz 91, we have performed aperture synthesis 345 GHz continuum and CO(32) observations with the Submillimeter Array ( 13 resolution), and high-resolution imaging of polarized intensity at the Ks-band by using the Hi-CIAO instrument on the Subaru Telescope (0.25 resolution). Our observations successfully resolved the inner and outer radii of the dust disk to be 65 and 170AU, respectively, which indicates that Sz 91 is a transition disk source with one of the largest known inner holes. The model fitting analysis of the spectral energy distribution reveals an H2 mass of 2.4 103 M in the cold (T 30 K) outer part at 65 r 170 AU by assuming a canonical gas-to-dust mass ratio of 100, although a small amount ( 3109 M) of hot (T 180 K) dust possibly remains inside the inner hole of the disk. The structure of the hot component could be interpreted as either an unresolved self-luminous companion body (not directly detected in our observations) or a narrow ring inside the inner hole. Significant CO(32) emission with a velocity gradient along the major axis of the dust disk is concentrated on the Sz 91 position, suggesting a rotating gas disk with a radius of 420 AU. The Sz 91 disk is possibly a rare disk in an evolutionary stage immediately after the formation of protoplanets because of the large inner hole and the lower disk mass than other transition disks studied thus far.
Document ID
20150009011
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Tsukagoshi, Takashi
(Ibaraki Univ. Mito, Japan)
Momose, Munetake
(Ibaraki Univ. Mito, Japan)
Hashimoto, Jun
(Oklahoma Univ. Norman, OK, United States)
Kudo, Tomoyuki
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Andrews, Sean
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Saito, Masao
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Kitamura, Yoshimi
(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Kanagawa, Japan)
Ohashi, Nagayoshi
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Wilner, David
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Kawabe, Ryohei
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Abe, Lyu
(Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur Nice, France)
Akiyama, Eiji
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Brandner, Wolfgang
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Astronomie Heidelberg, Germany)
Brandt, Timothy D.
(Princeton Univ. Princeton, NJ, United States)
Carson, Joseph
(Charleston Coll. Charleston, SC, United States)
Currie, Thayne
(Toronto Univ. Ontario, Canada)
Enger, Sebastian E.
(Subaru Telescope Hilo, HI, United States)
Goto, Miwa
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Munich, Germany)
Grady, Carol A.
(Eureka Scientific, Inc. Laurel, MD, United States)
Guyon, Olivier
(Subaru Telescope Hilo, HI, United States)
Hayano, Yutaka
(Subaru Telescope Hilo, HI, United States)
Hayashi, Masahiko
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Henning, Thomas
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Astronomie Heidelberg, Germany)
Hodapp, Klaus W.
(Hawaii Univ. Hilo, HI, United States)
Ishii, Miki
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Iye, Masanori
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Janson, Markus
(Princeton Univ. Princeton, NJ, United States)
Kandori, Ryo
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Knapp, Gillian R.
(Princeton Univ. Princeton, NJ, United States)
Kusakabe, Nobuhiko
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Kuzuhara, Masayuki
(Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Mitaka, Japan)
Kwon, Jungmi
(Graduate Univ. for Advanced Studies Japan)
McElwain, Michael W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Matsuo, Taro
(Kyoto Univ. Japan)
Mayama, Satoshi
(Graduate Univ. for Advanced Studies Japan)
Date Acquired
May 28, 2015
Publication Date
February 20, 2014
Publication Information
Publication: The Astrophysical Journal
Publisher: The American Astronomical Society
Volume: 783
Issue: 2
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN21581
Report Number: GSFC-E-DAA-TN21581
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG12PP44P
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Hi-CIAO instrument
canonical gas-to-dust mass ratio
Subaru Telescope
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