DATE2023.06.28 #Press Releases
ALMA Digs Deeper into the Mystery of Planet Formation
Overview of the press release
Image : Artistic image of a disk around a protostar. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
Initial results of the research are detailed in a series of 18 articles. Five of them, including Ohashi et al. presenting the overview of the program, were accepted in the Astrophysical Journal, and the first 4 are published on June 27, 2023 in the Astrophysical Journal. One of 4 papers (Yamato et al.) is led by Yoshihide Yamato, a PhD student in the Department Astronomy. Preprints of the 5 articles also appeared in arXiv on June 287, 2023. In addition, more articles based on further detailed analysis are in preparation.
Yuri Aikawa (Professor : Department of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo) and Yoshihide Yamato (Ph.D. student : Department of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo) have contributed to this research.
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