Reading between the rings: observed dust ring properties as probes of planet masses

arXiv:2605.27627 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-05-26 · Read on arXiv

Amena Faruqi, Jessica Speedie, Ralph E. Pudritz, Farzana Meru

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-05-26

Comments: 20 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae6272

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

Terminology

• Streaming Instability — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Leaky Dust Traps in Planet-Embedded Protoplanetary Disks
• Sequential giant planet formation initiated by disc substructure
• Hydro-, Magnetohydro-, and Dust-Gas Dynamics of Protoplanetary Disks

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