Dust Rings as a Footprint of Planet Formation in a Protoplanetary Disk
Dust Rings as a Footprint of Planet Formation in a Protoplanetary Disk
Abstract Relatively large dust grains (referred to as pebbles) accumulate at the outer edge of the gap induced by a planet in a protoplanetary disk, and a ring structure with a high dust-to-gas ratio can be formed. Such a ring has been thought to be located immediately outside the planetary …