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  • A Surface Density Perturbat...
    Teague, R.; Semenov, D.; Gorti, U.; Guilloteau, S.; Henning, Th; Birnstiel, T.; Dutrey, A.; Boekel, R. van; Chapillon, E.

    Astrophysical journal. Letters, 02/2017, Volume: 835, Issue: 2
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    We present ALMA Cycle 2 observations at 0 5 resolution of TW Hya of CS emission. The radial profile of the integrated line emission displays oscillatory features outward of 1 5 ( au). A dip-like feature at 1 6 is coincident in location, depth, and width with features observed in dust scattered light at near-infrared wavelengths. Using a thermochemical model indicative of TW Hya, gas-grain chemical modeling, and non-LTE radiative transfer, we demonstrate that such a feature can be reproduced with a surface density depression, consistent with the modeling performed for scattered-light observations of TW Hya. We further demonstrate that a gap in the dust distribution and dust opacity only cannot reproduce the observed CS feature. The outer enhancement at 3 1 is identified as a region of intensified desorption due to enhanced penetration of the interstellar far-UV radiation at the exponential edge of the disk surface density, which intensifies the photochemical processing of gas and ices.