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2016ApJ...830L..16B - Astrophys. J., 830, L16-L16 (2016/October-2)

Misaligned disks in the binary protostar IRS 43.

BRINCH C., JORGENSEN J.K., HOGERHEIJDE M.R., NELSON R.P. and GRESSEL O.

Abstract (from CDS):

Recent high angular resolution (∼0\buildrel′′ / . 2) ALMA observations of the 1.1 mm continuum and of HCO+ J=3-2 and HCN J=3-2 gas toward the binary protostar IRS 43 reveal multiple Keplerian disks that are significantly misaligned (\gt 60^○), both in inclination and position angle and also with respect to the binary orbital plane. Each stellar component has an associated circumstellar disk while the binary is surrounded by a circumbinary disk. Together with archival VLA measurements of the stellar positions over 25 years, and assuming a circular orbit, we use our continuum measurements to determine the binary separation, a=74±4 au, and its inclination, i\lt 30^○. The misalignment in this system suggests that turbulence has likely played a major role in the formation of IRS 43.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): astrometry - protoplanetary disks - stars: formation - stars: formation

Simbad objects: 8

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