Can dead zones create structures like a transition disk?

2016/10/17 by Paola Pinilla, Mario Flock, Maria de Juan Ovelar +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Amplitude #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Computational physics #Dead zone #Fragmentation (computing) #Geology #Geophysics #Instability #Magnetohydrodynamic drive #Magnetohydrodynamics #Mechanics #Meteorology #Optics #Physics #Plasma #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Thermal #Transition zone #Wavelength #astro-ph.EP #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628441

published as A&A 596, A81 (2016) · Minor changes after language edition. Accepted for publication in A&A

openalex publication_date 2016/10/17 · arxiv created 2016/10/22 · arxiv updated 2016/12/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Regions of low ionisation where the activity of the magneto-rotational instability is suppressed, the so-called dead zones, have been suggested to explain gaps and asymmetries of transition disks. Dead zones are therefore a potential cause for the observational signatures of transition disks without requiring the presence of embedded planets.

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