The first target of the survey is AB Aurigae (AB Aur), a Herbig Ae/Be star The point-like source at south of AB Aur is visible in all panels. In the lower-left panel, gray dashed lines indicate the spiral disk structures (S1 to S4) detected in our images. In the upper-left panel, an ellipse marks the transition disk cavity identified by The central radius circle is masked out, because in this region the detection sensitivity is poor due to high-contrasts and saturation. For all four images, the color maps have a linear stretch. Smoothing improves visualization by reducing high-frequency noise but is not applied in the sensitivity or contrast curve estimates. These images, as well as the upper panels of FigureĪre smoothed using a Gaussian kernel with ( PSF FWHM). The upper panels show the intensity maps (in unit of ). The left column shows the primary-subtracted natively sampled images (pixel scale = 40 mas) and the right column shows the reconstructed images (pixel scale = 20 mas). Figure 1.Primary-subtracted images (upper) and the SNR maps (lower) of AB Aur observed by HST/WFC3/UVIS in the F656N filter. The host stars are generally faint or located in the northern hemisphere and, consequently, are not easily accessible by ground-based visible-light adaptive-optics (AO) systems.
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We identified ten systems that harbor giant cavities demonstrated in ALMA dust continuum images These models are broadly supported by the discoveries and characteristics of PDS 70 b and c The strategy of observing transition disk systems is motivated by models showing that the disk gaps and cavities are consistent with being sculpted by multiple giant planets Any detections result in H luminosities ( ) and accretion rate estimates of candidate planets. Accretion onto planets produces strong hydrogen line emission, reduces planet-star contrasts, and can in principle improve search efficiency. We are exploiting the recently demonstrated optical and ultraviolet (UV) high-contrast imaging capibility of Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) UVISĪnd using the narrow-band F656N (H ) filter to look for H -emitting planets. To expand the sample of accreting planets, we launched the Hubble Accreting Luminous Protoplanets in H-Alpha (HALPHA) Survey (Program ID: 16651 Program information can be found at, PI: Zhou) to search for accreting planets in ten transition disk systems. Despite this steady progress, these studies are confined to one protoplanetary system and only represent a single outcome of the planet formation process observed at an instant in time. , investigated the planet-disk interactions A plethora of follow-up studies on this system confirmed the presence of circumplanetary disks So far, the discoveries of protoplanets are limited to PDS 70 b and c, two gas giants directly imaged within the same planetary system The planetary mass assembly process can be directly constrained by characterizing actively accreting protoplanets. Two of the most fundamental goals of planet formation studies are to understand how and when planets gain mass. These authors contributed equally to this work.Ġ000-0002-7821-0695]Katherine B. Disentangling the origin of the emission will be crucialįor probing planet formation in the AB Aur disk. We conclude that both planetaryĪccretion and scattered stellar light are possible sources of the HĮmission, and the H detection alone does not validate AB Aur b as anĪccreting protoplanet. Line-to-continuum ratio as seen in AB Aur b. TheĬentral star is accreting and the stellar H emission has a similar
InĬomparison to PDS 70 b and c, the H excess emission is weak. Of the optical continuum determined by published HST/STIS photometry. Separated by days and the H intensities in the two epochs The source is visible in two individual epochs The position is consistent with the recently identified Primary star, we identify a point-like source located at a P.A. After subtracting the point spread function of the The data were collected in two epochs of direct-imaging observations using theį656N narrow-band filter. Images of AB Aurigae (AB Aur), a Herbig Ae/Be star harboring a transition disk. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Camera 3, we present H As part of a high-contrast imaging search for accreting planets with Accreting protoplanets enable the direct characterization of planetįormation.
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