Subaru/HiCIAO HKs Imaging of LKHa 330: Multi-band Detection of the Gap and Spiral-like Structures

Uyama, Taichi; Hashimoto, Jun; Muto, Takayuki; Akiyama, Eiji; Dong, Ruobing; Leon, Jerome de; Sakon, Itsuki; Kudo, Tomoyuki; Kusakabe, Nobuhiko; Kuzuhara, Masayuki; Bonnefoy, Mickael; Abe, Lyu; Brandner, Wolfgang; Brandt, Timothy D.; Carson, Joseph C.; Currie, Thayne; Egner, Sebastian; Feldt, Markus; Fung, Jeffrey; Goto, Miwa; Grady, Carol A.; Guyon, Olivier; Hayano, Yutaka; Hayashi, Masahiko; Hayashi, Saeko S.; Henning, Thomas; Hodapp, Klaus W.; Ishii, Miki; Iye, Masanori; Janson, Markus; Kandori, Ryo; Knapp, Gillian R.; Kwon, Jungmi; Matsuo, Taro; Mayama, Satoshi; Mcelwain, Michael W.; Miyama, Shoken; Morino, Jun-Ichi; Moro-Martin, Amaya; Nishimura, Tetsuo; Pyo, Tae-Soo; Serabyn, Eugene; Sitko, Michael L.; Suenaga, Takuya; Suto, Hiroshi; Suzuki, Ryuji; Takahashi, Yasuhiro H.; Takami, Michihiro; Takato, Naruhisa; Terada, Hiroshi; Thalmann, Christian; Turner, Edwin L.; Watanabe, Makoto; Wisniewski, John; Yamada, Toru; Yang, Yi; Takami, Hideki; Usuda, Tomonori; Tamura, Motohide (2018): Subaru/HiCIAO HKs Imaging of LKHa 330: Multi-band Detection of the Gap and Spiral-like Structures. In: Astronomical Journal, Vol. 156, No. 2, 63

Abstract

We present H- and K-s-bands observations of the LkH alpha 330 disk with a multi-band detection of the large gap and spiral-like structures. The morphology of the outer disk (r similar to 0."3) at PA = 0 degrees-45 degrees and PA degrees = 180-290 degrees is likely density wave-induced spirals, and comparison between our observational results and simulations suggests a planet formation. We have also investigated the azimuthal profiles at the ring and the outer-disk regions as well as radial profiles in the directions of the spiral-like structures and semimajor axis. Azimuthal analysis shows a large variety in wavelength and implies that the disk has non-axisymmetric dust distributions. The radial profiles in the major-axis direction (PA = 271 degrees) suggest that the outer region (r >= 0."25) may be influenced by shadows of the inner region of the disk. The spiral-like directions (PA = 10 degrees and 230 degrees) show different radial profiles, which suggests that the surfaces of the spiral-like structures are highly flared and/or have different dust properties. Finally, a color map of the disk shows a lack of an outer eastern region in the H-band disk, which may hint at the presence of an inner object that casts a directional shadow onto the disk.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Physics
• Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
• ISSN: 0004-6256
• Language: English