Imaging The Candidate Proto-planet HL Tau B

Jane Greaves; K. Rice; A. Richards; T. Muxlow; D. Forgan; B. Sibthorpe

Imaging The Candidate Proto-planet HL Tau B

Jane Greaves, K. Rice, A. Richards, T. Muxlow, D. Forgan, B. Sibthorpe

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Our VLA and MERLIN radio images of the HL Tau system trace the emission from the proto-planetary disc at ultra-high resolution. A candidate proto-planet is seen at tens of AU from the star, at these long wavelengths where it stands out from the bright background disc. A simulation shows that gravitational instability within the disc is capable of forming this 10 Jupiter-mass object. Submillimetre images made recently with SCUBA-2 show that HL Tau's disc is perturbed by an interaction with XZ Tau, and this may have helped trigger disc fragmentation, in a flyby event as recent as a few thousand years ago.

Original language	English
Pages	805
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2011
Event	Extreme Solar Systems II - Wyoming, United States Duration: 11 Sept 2011 → 17 Sept 2011

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Conference	Extreme Solar Systems II
Country/Territory	United States
City	Wyoming
Period	11/09/11 → 17/09/11
Other	American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #2, #8.05

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Imaging The Candidate Proto-planet HL Tau B

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