Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Context. Recent sub-millimetric observations at the Plateau de Bure interferometer showed a cavity of ~46 AU in radius in the proto-planetary disk of the T Tauri star LkCa15 (V1079 Tau), located in the Taurus molecular cloud. Additional Spitzer observations have corroborated this result which can possibly be explained by a massive (≥5 MJup) planetary companion, a brown dwarf or a low-mass star companion at about 30 AU from the star.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Institutions: University of Padua, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, National Institute for Astrophysics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Joseph Fourier, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique, Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique, Ames Research Center, Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers, Université Bordeaux-I, Politecnico di Torino, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2015038175