We present high resolution millimeter continuum ALMA observations of the disks around the T Tauri stars LkCa 15 and J1610. These disks host dust-depleted inner regions, possibly carved by massive planets, and are of prime interest to study the imprints of planet-disk interactions. While at moderate angular resolution they appear as a broad ring surrounding a cavity, the continuum emission resolves into multiple rings at a resolution of ~60$\times$40 mas (~7.5 au for LkCa 15, ~6 au for J1610) and ~$7\,μ$Jy beam$^{-1}$ rms at 1.3 mm. In addition to a broad extended component, LkCa 15 and J1610 host 3 and 2 narrow rings, respectively, with two bright rings in LkCa 15 being radially resolved. The rings look marginally optically thick, with peak optical depths of ~0.5 (neglecting scattering), in agreement with high angular resolution observations of full disks. We perform hydrodynamical simulations with an embedded, sub-Jovian-mass planet and show that the observed multi-ringed substructure can be qualitatively explained as the outcome of the planet-disk interaction. We note however that the choice of the disk cooling timescale alone can significantly impact the resulting gas and dust distributions around the planet, leading to different numbers of rings and gaps and different spacings between them. We propose that the massive outer disk regions of transition disks are favorable places for planetesimals and possibly second generation planet formation of objects with a lower mass than the planets carving the inner cavity (typically few $M_{\rm Jup}$), and that the annular substructures observed in LkCa 15 and J1610 may be indicative of planetary core formation within dust-rich pressure traps. Current observations are compatible with other mechanisms being at the origin of the observed substructures, in particular with narrow rings generated at the edge of the CO and N$_2$ snowlines.
The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP): III. Spiral Structures in the Millimeter Continuum of the Elias 27, IM Lup, and WaOph 6 Disks
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München(慕尼黑大学);Max Planck Institute for Astronomy(马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所);Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute(平顿研究所计算天体物理中心)
The ALMA Legacy survey of Class 0/I disks in Corona australis, Aquila, chaMaeleon, oPhiuchus north, Ophiuchus, Serpens (CAMPOS). I. Evolution of Protostellar disk radii
Axisymmetric Modeling of DSHARP Dusty Disks: Asymmetric Structures and Inner-Disk Dispersal
College of Science, Ibaraki University(茨城大学理学部);Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学李政道研究所);RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research(理化学院先锋研究集群);Division of Liberal Arts, Kogakuin University(工学院大学人文学部);National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(日本国立天文台)
Probing Dust in the MWC 480 Disk from Millimeter to Centimeter Wavelengths
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University(北京大学科维理天文与天体物理研究所);Department of Astronomy, Peking University(北京大学天文学系);European Southern Observatory(欧洲南方天文台);Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学月球与行星实验室);Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London(伦敦大学学院穆拉德空间科学实验室);Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian(哈佛&史密森尼天体物理中心)