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Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). VIII. CO Gap in AS 209—Gas Depletion or Chemical Processing?

  • Authors: Felipe Alarcón, Arthur D. Bosman, Edwin A. Bergin, Ke Zhang, Richard Teague, Jaehan Bae, Yuri Aikawa, Sean M. Andrews, Alice S. Booth, Jenny K. Calahan, Gianni Cataldi, Ian Czekala, Jane Huang, John D. Ilee, Charles J. Law, Romane Le Gal, Yao Liu, Feng Long, Ryan A. Loomis, François Ménard, Karin I. Öberg, Kamber R. Schwarz, Merel L. R. van 't Hoff, Catherine Walsh, David J. Wilner

Felipe Alarcón et al 2021 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 257 .

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Two sets of models with varying surface density for the small grains. The small-grain surface density was changed by varying the depletion in the 59 au gap with three different depletion factors, 1× (nominal), 10× and 100×. Top: In Model A, the surface density has no gas substructures, i.e., it follows a smooth H2 surface-density profile, where CO is not a H2 mass tracer. Bottom: Model B, showing the surface density using the CO structure as a H2 gas mass tracer, scaling with a constant CO abundance. Model B shows a wide gas gap at 59 au. The shaded areas in yellow and blue are the dust gaps and dust ring, respectively.

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