Scattered light signatures of flyby-induced warps in protoplanetary discs

arXiv:2605.22592 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-05-21 · Read on arXiv

Katie L. Milsom, Tim J. Harries, C. J. Nixon

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-05-21

Comments: 24 pages, 23 figures

Journal ref: Mon Not R Astron Soc (2026)

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stag980

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

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• Velocity Dispersion — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Orion Nebula Cluster — 1× in this paper
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Sources

• Optical and Near-infrared View of Planet-forming Disks and Protoplanets
• Planet-forming disks and their environment across regions and time from the full NIR census
• Warps survive beyond fly-by encounters in protoplanetary disks. RW Aur A as a case study
• The Origin and Evolution of Multiple Star Systems
• Radiative Transfer Modeling of a Shadowed Protoplanetary Disk assisted by a Neural Network

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