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An old disk still capable of forming a planetary system

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  • Edwin A. Bergin

    (University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA)

  • L. Ilsedore Cleeves

    (University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA)

  • Uma Gorti

    (SETI Institute
    NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Ke Zhang

    (California Institute of Technology, Mathematics and Astronomy, MS 150-21, Pasadena, California 91125, USA)

  • Geoffrey A. Blake

    (California Institute of Technology, MS 150-21, Pasadena, California 91125, USA)

  • Joel D. Green

    (The University of Texas, 2515 Speedway, Stop C1402, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • Sean M. Andrews

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Neal J. Evans II

    (The University of Texas, 2515 Speedway, Stop C1402, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • Thomas Henning

    (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Karin Öberg

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Klaus Pontoppidan

    (Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive)

  • Chunhua Qi

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Colette Salyk

    (National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue)

  • Ewine F. van Dishoeck

    (Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
    Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands)

Abstract

In combination with existing observations and detailed circumstellar models, the detection of hydrogen deuteride emission from the star TW Hydrae implies a circumstellar disk mass of more than 0.05 solar masses, which is enough to form a planetary system like our own.

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  • Edwin A. Bergin & L. Ilsedore Cleeves & Uma Gorti & Ke Zhang & Geoffrey A. Blake & Joel D. Green & Sean M. Andrews & Neal J. Evans II & Thomas Henning & Karin Öberg & Klaus Pontoppidan & Chunhua Qi & , 2013. "An old disk still capable of forming a planetary system," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7434), pages 644-646, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7434:d:10.1038_nature11805
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11805
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