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Research Highlights
Pinpointing the Formation Site of Planet around Nearest Young Star with ALMA
Takashi Tsukagoshi and his collaborators used ALMA and found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star. It is highly possible that a planet is growing or about to be formed in this concentration. This is the first time that the exact place where cold materials are forming the seed of a planet has been pinpointed in the disk around a young star.
See the press release in ALMA website for detail.
(2019/6/26)
Tsukagoshi et al., 2019, ApJL, Volume 878, Issue 1, article id. L8, 6 pp.
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Takashi Tsukagoshi (researchmap personal page)
News
- A research group including Dr. Akimasa Kataoka wins the PASJ Excellent Paper Award. link to the ALMA website (2018/04/27)