Gemini-LIGHTS: Herbig Ae/Be and Massive T Tauri Protoplanetary Disks Imaged with Gemini Planet Imager

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dc.citation.articleNumber109en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Astronomical Journalen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber164en_US
dc.contributor.authorRich, Evan A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMonnier, John D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAarnio, Aliciaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLaws, Anna S. E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSetterholm, Benjamin R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWilner, David J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCalvet, Nuriaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHarries, Timen_US
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Chrisen_US
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Claire L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Fred C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Sean M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBae, Jaehanen_US
dc.contributor.authorEspaillat, Catherineen_US
dc.contributor.authorGreenbaum, Alexandra Z.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHinkley, Sashaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKraus, Stefanen_US
dc.contributor.authorHartmann, Leeen_US
dc.contributor.authorIsella, Andreaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcClure, Melissaen_US
dc.contributor.authorOppenheimer, Rebeccaen_US
dc.contributor.authorPérez, Laura M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Zhaohuanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-29T15:06:30Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-09-29T15:06:30Zen_US
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractWe present the complete sample of protoplanetary disks from the Gemini- Large Imaging with the Gemini Planet Imager Herbig/T Tauri Survey, which observed bright Herbig Ae/Be stars and T Tauri stars in near-infrared polarized light to search for signatures of disk evolution and ongoing planet formation. The 44 targets were chosen based on their near- and mid-infrared colors, with roughly equal numbers of transitional, pre-transitional, and full disks. Our approach explicitly did not favor well-known, “famous” disks or those observed by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, resulting in a less-biased sample suitable to probe the major stages of disk evolution during planet formation. Our optimized data reduction allowed polarized flux as low as 0.002% of the stellar light to be detected, and we report polarized scattered light around 80% of our targets. We detected point-like companions for 47% of the targets, including three brown dwarfs (two confirmed, one new), and a new super-Jupiter-mass candidate around V1295 Aql. We searched for correlations between the polarized flux and system parameters, finding a few clear trends: the presence of a companion drastically reduces the polarized flux levels, far-IR excess correlates with polarized flux for nonbinary systems, and systems hosting disks with ring structures have stellar masses <3 M⊙. Our sample also included four hot, dusty “FS CMa” systems, and we detected large-scale ( >100 au) scattered light around each, signs of extreme youth for these enigmatic systems. Science-ready images are publicly available through multiple distribution channels using a new FITS file standard that has been jointly developed with members of the Very Large Telescope Spectro-polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research team.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRich, Evan A., Monnier, John D., Aarnio, Alicia, et al.. "Gemini-LIGHTS: Herbig Ae/Be and Massive T Tauri Protoplanetary Disks Imaged with Gemini Planet Imager." <i>The Astronomical Journal,</i> 164, no. 3 (2022) IOP Publishing: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac7be4.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRich_2022_AJ_164_109en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac7be4en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113436en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
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dc.titleGemini-LIGHTS: Herbig Ae/Be and Massive T Tauri Protoplanetary Disks Imaged with Gemini Planet Imageren_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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