Simulating Protoplanetary and Debris Disk's for ALMA
Abstract
Millimeter-wavelength interferometry offers a way to obtain high resolution information on the emission structures around nearby stars with debris disks such as Fomalhaut. ALMA will be able to attain a higher resolution than any other millimeter wavelength telescope to date. Observations of Fomalhaut's debris disk have already been made by single dish telescopes, as well as models, but the resolution of these can be fairly poor. I plan to discuss my model of Fomalhaut which simulates it's debris disk at several different frequencies to show the level of detail that ALMA will achieve. I will also discuss how ALMA will be the forefront tool in discovering other systems similar to Fomalhaut in the future.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006AAS...209.7610S