The ALMA View of the Edge-on Gomez's Hamburger System: A Highly-Dynamic, Asymmetric Protoplanetary Disk Reveals the Earliest Phases of Giant Planet Formation

arXiv:2609.09290 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-09-08 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-09-08

Updated: 2026-10-05

Comments: 30 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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

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