2026ApJ..1000...35J


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2026ApJ..1000...35J - Astrophys. J., 1000, 35 (2026/March-3)

Physical and Chemical Characterization of GY 91's Multi-ringed Protostellar Disk with ALMA.

JIANG S.D., HUANG J., CZEKALA I., TRAPMAN L., AIKAWA Y., ANDREWS S.M., BAE J., BERGIN E.A., LAW C.J., LE GAL R., LONG F., MENARD F., OBERG K.I., QI C., TEAGUE R., WILNER D.J. and ZHANG K.

Abstract (from CDS):

GY 91, commonly categorized as a Class I young stellar object, is notable for disk dust substructures that have been hypothesized to trace early planet formation. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array 12 m and Atacama Compact Array, we present new Band 7 dust continuum and molecular line observations of GY 91 at an angular resolution of $\sim 0\mathop{.}\limits^{^{\prime\prime} }3$ (40 au). We report detections of CS J = 6-5, N2H+J = 3-2, C18O J = 3-2, H2CS ${J}_{{K}_{a},{K}_{c}}={8}_{1,7}-{7}_{1,6}$, H2CO ${J}_{{K}_{a},{K}_{c}}={4}_{0,4}-{3}_{0,3}$, and H2CO ${J}_{{K}_{a},{K}_{c}}={4}_{2,3}-{3}_{2,2}$, as well as a tentative detection of 13C18O J = 3-2. We observe azimuthal asymmetry in CS and H2CS emission, as well as radially structured H2CO 40,4-30,3 emission outside the dust continuum. C18O and H2CO 40,4-30,3 show significant cloud contamination, while CS and N2H+ are good tracers of Keplerian rotation originating from the disk. Envelope emission does not appear to contribute significantly either to the continuum or molecular line observations. GY 91's chemical properties appear in large part to resemble those of Class II disks, although observations of additional molecular probes should be obtained for a fuller comparison. With CS, we estimated a dynamical stellar mass of 0.58 M⊙, which is higher than previous estimates from stellar evolutionary models (0.25 M⊙). Using both radiative transfer modeling of the dust continuum and comparison of the C18O and N2H+ fluxes to literature thermochemical models, we estimate a disk mass of ∼0.01 M⊙.

Abstract Copyright: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Protoplanetary disks - Planetary system formation - Astrochemistry - Radio interferometry

Simbad objects: 9

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Number of rows : 9
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 V* HL Tau Or* 04 31 38.5107609312 +18 13 57.859747968   15.89 14.49 14.39   K5 1546 0
2 NAME Taurus Complex SFR 04 41.0 +25 52           ~ 4971 0
3 M 42 HII 05 35 16.8 -05 23 15           ~ 4411 0
4 HD 100546 Be* 11 33 25.4408872296 -70 11 41.241297948   6.71 6.30   6.64 A0VaekB8_lB 894 1
5 [GY92] 91 Y*O 16 26 40.46952 -24 27 14.4720           ~ 92 1
6 GSS 39 Or* 16 26 45.0318401664 -24 23 07.793180124           M0 255 1
7 NAME Ophiuchus Molecular Cloud SFR 16 28 06 -24 32.5           ~ 3969 1
8 NAME Oph Cloud Complex DNe 16 30 -24.3           ~ 67 1
9 IRAS 16285-2355 Y*O 16 31 35.65752 -24 01 29.4708           ~ 178 0

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