Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: We investigate the possibility of finding evidence for planets in circumstellar disks by infrared and submillimeter interferometry. We present simulations of a circumstellar disk around a solar-type star with an embedded planet of 1 Jupiter mass. The three-dimensional density structure of the disk results from hydrodynamical simulations. On the basis of three-dimensional radiative transfer simulations, images of this system were calculated. The intensity maps provide the basis for the simulation of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI; equipped with the mid-infrared instrument MIDI) and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). While MIDI/VLTI will not provide the possibility to distinguish between disks with or without a gap on the basis of visibility measurements, ALMA will provide the necessary basis for a direct gap detection.
Source: The Astrophysical Journal
DOI: 10.1086/339544
Authors: S. Wolf, F. Gueth, T. Henning, W. Kley
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2020341658