Detecting planets in protoplanetary disks: A prospective study

Details Detecting planets in protoplanetary disks: A prospective study Detecting planets in protoplanetary disks: A prospective study

2002-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201197v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages

Scientific paper

10.1086/339544

We investigate the possibility to find evidence for planets in circumstellar disks by infrared and submillimeter interferometry. We present simulations of a circumstellar disk around a solar-type star with an embedded planet of 1 Jupiter mass. The three-dimensional (3D) density structure of the disk results from hydrodynamical simulations. On the basis of 3D radiative transfer simulations, images of this system were calculated. The intensity maps provide the basis for the simulation of the interferometers VLTI (equipped with the mid-infrared instrument MIDI) and ALMA. While MIDI/VLTI will not provide the possibility to distinguish between disks with or without a gap on the basis of visibility measurements, ALMA will provide the necessary basis for a direct gap detection.

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