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RESOLVING THE PLANET-HOSTING INNER REGIONS OF THE LkCa 15 DISK*

RESOLVING THE PLANET-HOSTING INNER REGIONS OF THE LkCa 15 DISK*

LkCa 15 hosts a pre-transitional disk as well as at least one accreting protoplanet orbiting in its gap. Previous disk observations have focused mainly on the outer disk, which is cleared inward of ~50 au. The planet candidates, on the other hand, reside at orbital radii around 15 au, where …