Flybys in protoplanetary discs: II. Observational signatures

Tidal encounters in star clusters perturb discs around young protostars. In Cuello et al. (2019a, Paper I) we detailed the dynamical signatures of a stellar flyby in both gas and dust. Flybys produce warped discs, spirals with evolving pitch angles, increasing accretion rates, and disc truncation. H...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2019-10
Main Authors: Cuello, Nicolás, Louvet, Fabien, Mentiplay, Daniel, Pinte, Christophe, Price, Daniel J, Winter, Andrew J, Nealon, Rebecca, Ménard, François, Lodato, Giuseppe, Dipierro, Giovanni, Christiaens, Valentin, Montesinos, Matías, Cuadra, Jorge, Laibe, Guillaume, Lucas Cieza, Dong, Ruobing, Alexander, Richard
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Language:English
Subjects:
Accretion disks
Deposition
Infrared signatures
Pitch (inclination)
Planet formation
Protoplanets
Protostars
Radiative transfer
Spirals
Star clusters
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Summary:Tidal encounters in star clusters perturb discs around young protostars. In Cuello et al. (2019a, Paper I) we detailed the dynamical signatures of a stellar flyby in both gas and dust. Flybys produce warped discs, spirals with evolving pitch angles, increasing accretion rates, and disc truncation. Here we present the corresponding observational signatures of these features in optical/near-infrared scattered light and (sub-) millimeter continuum and CO line emission. Using representative prograde and retrograde encounters for direct comparison, we post-process hydrodynamical simulations with radiative transfer methods to generate a catalogue of multi-wavelength observations. This provides a reference to identify flybys in recent near-infrared and sub-millimetre observations (e.g., RW Aur, AS 205, HV Tau & DO Tau, FU Ori, V2775 Ori, and Z CMa).
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1910.06822