Anatomy of a flaring proto-planetary disk around a young intermediate-mass star

Pierre Olivier Lagage; Coralie Doucet; Eric Pantin; Emilie Habart; Gaspard Duchêne; François Ménard; Christophe Pinte; Sébastien Charnoz; Jan Willem Pel

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Anatomy of a flaring proto-planetary disk around a young intermediate-mass star

Pierre Olivier Lagage, Coralie Doucet, Eric Pantin, Emilie Habart, Gaspard Duchêne, François Ménard, Christophe Pinte, Sébastien Charnoz, Jan Willem Pel

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Although planets are being discovered around stars more massive than the Sun, information about the proto-planetary disks where such planets have built up is sparse. We have imaged mid-infrared emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the surface of the disk surrounding the young intermediate-mass star HD 97048 and characterized the disk. The disk is in an early stage of evolution, as indicated by its large content of dust and its hydrostatic flared geometry, indicative of the presence of a large amount of gas that is well mixed with dust and gravitationally stable. The disk is a precursor of debris disks found around more-evolved A stars such as β-Pictoris and provides the rare opportunity to witness the conditions prevailing before (or during) planet formation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	621-623
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	314
Issue number	5799
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131436
Publication status	Published - 27 Oct 2006
Externally published	Yes

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