用SPHERE ZIMPOL对LkCa 15原行星盘进行光学成像偏振测量
Optical imaging polarimetry of the LkCa 15 protoplanetary disk with SPHERE ZIMPOL
摘要：
我们提出了第一个光学（590- 890 nm）成像偏振观测的前过渡原行星盘周围的年轻的太阳类似LkCa 15，解决了一些悬而未决的问题，以前的研究提出。我们检测到以前看不见的磁盘间隙的远侧，确认高度偏心的散射光间隙的形状，假设从近红外成像，与毫米干涉推断的对称间隙不一致。此外，我们解决了内部磁盘的第一次，并跟踪到30 AU。这个新的散射光源可能有助于近红外干涉信号归因于原行星候选人LkCa 15 b，它位于嵌入内部磁盘的外部区域。最后，我们提出了一个新的模型的LkCa 15的系统架构，这些新的发现联系在一起。这些观测是在对SPHERE ZIMPOL进行科学验证期间进行的，并证明了该设施在不利观测条件下对微弱导星的性能。
英文摘要：
We present the first optical (590--890 nm) imaging polarimetry observations of the pre-transitional protoplanetary disk around the young solar analog LkCa 15, addressing a number of open questions raised by previous studies. We detect the previously unseen far side of the disk gap, confirm the highly eccentric scattered-light gap shape that was postulated from near-infrared imaging, at odds with the symmetric gap inferred from millimeter interferometry. Furthermore, we resolve the inner disk for the first time and trace it out to 30 AU. This new source of scattered light may contribute to the near-infrared interferometric signal attributed to the protoplanet candidate LkCa 15 b, which lies embedded in the outer regions of the inner disk. Finally, we present a new model for the system architecture of LkCa 15 that ties these new findings together. These observations were taken during science verification of SPHERE ZIMPOL and demonstrate this facility's performance for faint guide stars under adverse observing conditions.
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