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JWST/NIRCam Imaging of Young Stellar Objects. IV. Detailed Imaging of the Protoplanetary Disk around TW Hya

  • Authors: Yu-Chia Lin, Jarron Leisenring, Schuyler G. Wolff, Justin Hom, Kellen Lawson, Ewan S. Douglas, George Rieke, Gabriele Cugno, John Debes, Ruobing Dong, Doug Johnstone, Camryn Mullin, Taylor L. Tobin, Kevin R. Wagner, Thomas Greene, Michael R. Meyer, Marcia Rieke

Yu-Chia Lin et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 172 .

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Caption: Figure 11.

Sensitivity limits from our companion search in the F444W filter. The top-left panel shows the ADI-processed image. The top-right panel presents the 5σ calibrated contrast curve (left axis) and corresponding apparent magnitude limit (right axis). The bottom panel displays the derived upper mass limits using E. F. Linder et al. (2019) evolutionary models for system ages of 5 (red) and 10 (blue) Myr. Solid lines represent limits assuming clear conditions, while dashed lines with shaded error regions indicate limits adjusted for local extinction (AF444W ≈ 2.7 ± 0.7 mag). The various markers plot the estimated masses and separations of candidate protoplanets proposed in the literature (detailed in Table 5) to explain previously observed disk substructures.

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