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Non-Keplerian spirals, a gas-pressure dust trap and an eccentric gas cavity in the circumbinary disc around HD 142527

  • Himanshi Garg (Corresponding author)
  • , Christophe Pinte
  • , Valentin Christiaens
  • , Daniel Price
  • , Jasmina Lazendic
  • , Yann Boehler
  • , Simon Casassus
  • , Sebastian Marino
  • , Sebastian Perez
  • , Andres Zuleta

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Abstract

We present ALMA observations of the 12CO, 13CO, C18O J = 2-1 transitions and the 1.3 mm continuum emission for the circumbinary disc around HD 142527, at an angular resolution of ≈ 0′′..′′3. We observe multiple spiral structures in intensity, velocity, and velocity dispersion for the 12CO and 13CO gas tracers. A newly detected 12CO spiral originates from the dust horseshoe, and is rotating at super-Keplerian velocity or vertically ascending, whilst the interspiral gas is rotating at sub-Keplerian velocities. This new spiral possibly connects to a previously identified spiral, thus spanning >360°. A spatial offset of  30 au is observed between the 12CO and 13CO spirals, to which we hypothesize that the gas layers are propagating at different speeds (surfing) due to a non-zero vertical temperature gradient. Leveraging the varying optical depths between the CO isotopologues, we reconstruct temperature and column density maps of the outer disc. Gas surface density peaks at r ≈ 180 au, coincident with the peak of continuum emission. Here, the dust grains have a Stokes number of ≈ 1, confirming radial and azimuthal trapping in the horseshoe. We measure a cavity radius at half-maximum surface density of ≈ 100 au, and a cavity eccentricity between 0.3 and 0.45.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)782-791
Number of pages10
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume504
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
  • Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
  • Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
  • stars: individual: HD142527
  • circumstellar matter
  • submillimetre: planetary systems
  • accretion, accretion discs

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