Realizing the Unique Potential of ALMA to Probe the Gas Reservoir of Planet Formation
Abstract
ALMA has revolutionized our view of protoplanetary disks, revealing structures in dust emission likely sculpted by forming planets. Studying how gas assembles into planets and its broader chemical makeup requires higher spectral line sensitivity than currently possible. Accomplishing this science requires a major upgrade of ALMA in the 2030s era.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1903.11692
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.11692
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c..81C
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Astro2020 White Paper