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A far-ultraviolet–driven photoevaporation flow observed in a protoplanetary disk

March 2024 • 2024Sci...383..988B

Authors • Berné, Olivier • Habart, Emilie • Peeters, Els • Schroetter, Ilane • Canin, Amélie • Sidhu, Ameek • Chown, Ryan • Bron, Emeric • Haworth, Thomas J. • Klaassen, Pamela • Trahin, Boris • Van De Putte, Dries • Alarcón, Felipe • Zannese, Marion • Abergel, Alain • Bergin, Edwin A. • Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo • Boersma, Christiaan • Cami, Jan • Cuadrado, Sara • Dartois, Emmanuel • Dicken, Daniel • Elyajouri, Meriem • Fuente, Asunción • Goicoechea, Javier R. • Gordon, Karl D. • Issa, Lina • Joblin, Christine • Kannavou, Olga • Khan, Baria • Lacinbala, Ozan • Languignon, David • Le Gal, Romane • Maragkoudakis, Alexandros • Meshaka, Raphael • Okada, Yoko • Onaka, Takashi • Pasquini, Sofia • Pound, Marc W. • Robberto, Massimo • Röllig, Markus • Schefter, Bethany • Schirmer, Thiébaut • Simmer, Thomas • Tabone, Benoit • Tielens, Alexander G. G. M. • Vicente, Sílvia • Wolfire, Mark G. • PDRs4All Team • Aleman, Isabel • Allamandola, Louis • Auchettl, Rebecca • Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio • Baruteau, Clément • Bejaoui, Salma • Bera, Partha P. • Black, John H. • Boulanger, Francois • Bouwman, Jordy • Brandl, Bernhard • Brechignac, Philippe • Brünken, Sandra • Buragohain, Mridusmita • Burkhardt, Andrew • Candian, Alessandra • Cazaux, Stéphanie • Cernicharo, Jose • Chabot, Marin • Chakraborty, Shubhadip • Champion, Jason • Colgan, Sean W. J. • Cooke, Ilsa R. • Coutens, Audrey • Cox, Nick L. J. • Demyk, Karine • Meyer, Jennifer Donovan • Engrand, Cécile • Foschino, Sacha • García-Lario, Pedro • Gavilan, Lisseth • Gerin, Maryvonne • Godard, Marie • Gottlieb, Carl A. • Guillard, Pierre • Gusdorf, Antoine • Hartigan, Patrick • He, Jinhua • Herbst, Eric • Hornekaer, Liv • Jäger, Cornelia • Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo • Kaufman, Michael • Kemper, Francisca • Kendrew, Sarah • Kirsanova, Maria S. • Knight, Collin • Kwok, Sun • Labiano, Álvaro • Lai, Thomas S. -Y. • Lee, Timothy J. • Lefloch, Bertrand • Le Petit, Franck • Li, Aigen • Linz, Hendrik • Mackie, Cameron J. • Madden, Suzanne C. • Mascetti, Joëlle • McGuire, Brett A. • Merino, Pablo • Micelotta, Elisabetta R. • Morse, Jon A. • Mulas, Giacomo • Neelamkodan, Naslim • Ohsawa, Ryou • Paladini, Roberta • Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta • Pathak, Amit • Pendleton, Yvonne J. • Petrignani, Annemieke • Pino, Thomas • Puga, Elena • Rangwala, Naseem • Rapacioli, Mathias • Ricca, Alessandra • Roman-Duval, Julia • Roueff, Evelyne • Rouillé, Gaël • Salama, Farid • Sales, Dinalva A. • Sandstrom, Karin • Sarre, Peter • Sciamma-O'Brien, Ella • Sellgren, Kris • Shannon, Matthew J. • Simonnin, Adrien • Shenoy, Sachindev S. • Teyssier, David • Thomas, Richard D. • Togi, Aditya • Verstraete, Laurent • Witt, Adolf N. • Wootten, Alwyn • Ysard, Nathalie • Zettergren, Henning • Zhang, Yong • Zhang, Ziwei E. • Zhen, Junfeng

Abstract • Most low-mass stars form in stellar clusters that also contain massive stars, which are sources of far-ultraviolet (FUV) radiation. Theoretical models predict that this FUV radiation produces photodissociation regions (PDRs) on the surfaces of protoplanetary disks around low-mass stars, which affects planet formation within the disks. We report James Webb Space Telescope and Atacama Large Millimeter Array observations of a FUV-irradiated protoplanetary disk in the Orion Nebula. Emission lines are detected from the PDR; modeling their kinematics and excitation allowed us to constrain the physical conditions within the gas. We quantified the mass-loss rate induced by the FUV irradiation and found that it is sufficient to remove gas from the disk in less than a million years. This is rapid enough to affect giant planet formation in the disk.

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