Multiwavelength continuum sizes of protoplanetary discs : Scaling relations and implications for grain growth and radial drift
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
Multiwavelength continuum sizes of protoplanetary discs : Scaling relations and implications for grain growth and radial drift / M. Tazzari, C.J. Clarke, L. Testi, J.P. Williams, S. Facchini, C.F. Manara, A. Natta, G. Rosotti. - In: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0035-8711. - 506:2(2021), pp. 2804-2823. [10.1093/mnras/stab1808]
Abstract:
We analyse spatially resolved ALMA observations at 0.9, 1.3, and 3.1 mm for the 26 brightest protoplanetary discs in the Lupus star-forming region. We characterize the discs multiwavelength brightness profiles by fitting the interferometric visibilities in a homogeneous way, obtaining effective disc sizes at the three wavelengths, spectral index profiles, and optical depth estimates. We report three fundamental discoveries: first, the millimetre continuum size-luminosity relation already observed at 0.9 mm is also present at 1.3 mm with an identical slope, and at 3.1 mm with a steeper slope, confirming that emission at longer wavelengths becomes increasingly optically thin. Second, when observed at 3.1 mm the discs appear to be only 9 per cent smaller than when observed at 0.9 mm, in tension with models of dust evolution that predict a starker difference. Third, by forward modelling the sample of measurements with a simple parametric disc model, we find that the presence of large grains (amax > 1 mm) throughout the discs is the most favoured explanation for all discs as it reproduces simultaneously their spectral indices, optical depth, luminosity, and radial extent in the 0.9-1.3 mm wavelength range. We also find that the observations can be alternatively interpreted with the discs being dominated by optically thick, unresolved, substructures made of mm-sized grains with a high scattering albedo.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Accretion, accretion discs; Circumstellar matter; Planets and satellites: formation; Protoplanetary discs; Stars: pre-main-sequence; Submillimetre: planetary systems
Elenco autori:
M. Tazzari, C.J. Clarke, L. Testi, J.P. Williams, S. Facchini, C.F. Manara, A. Natta, G. Rosotti
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