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Turbulence in Protoplanetary Disks: Observa7ons and Theory Jake Simon (CU Boulder/SwRI) A. Meredith Hughes (Wesleyan)

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TurbulenceinProtoplanetaryDisks:Observa7onsandTheory

JakeSimon(CUBoulder/SwRI)A.MeredithHughes(Wesleyan)

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ParameterSpace 1)  Radius2)  Height3)  Time

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MoreDirectWaystoMeasureTurbulence

Accretion rate measurements

UV continuum excess Gullbring et al. (1998)

Rovibrational lines

Transonic turbulence to fit CO band head Carr et al. (2004)

Millimeter observations

Fitting models to low-res CO spectra Dutrey et al. (1998)

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LessDirectWaystoMeasureTurbulence

Narrow Rings

Pinte et al. (2016), Okuzumi et al. (2016)

Dust traps / vortices

van der Marel et al. (2013)

Settling - SED

Mulders et al. (2012)

Settling - Imaging

Guilloteau et al. (2016)

Also:Polariza7on(Hulletal.submiQed)Chemistry/ioniza7on(Cleevesetal.2015)

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R =100 AU

Flaherty… Simon et al. (2015), ApJ HD 163296

Local simulation at 100 AU

Theory

CO CO Flaherty… Simon et al.

(2017), ApJ HD 163296

DCO+

Flaherty… Simon et al. (2018),

accepted, TW Hya CO CO

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Magnetic field lines

Stronger field

βz = 2P/Bz2

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β0 = 2P/B02

Weak turbulence

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Ques7ons:

•  Whatisthenextstepinobserva7ons?Thisisaques7onforbothobserversandtheorists!– Howelsemightweconstrainturbulence?– Howcanwemakeendsmeetinradius/height/7me?

– Howdoesturbulencefeedintoyourtheoryofplanetforma7onandaffectobserva7onaltracers?

•  Whataretheimplica7onsifturbulenceislowin(some/most)outerdisks?– Aretherealterna7vestoMRIthatareconsistent?– Doeslowturbulencecauseirrevocableproblems?

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Whatdoesittaketodox?Rosenfeldetal.(2013)

Δv=110m/s,θ=0.5”,140minutesonsource(~3hourstotal)

Todoublethespectralresolu7on(sameSNR):3hx2=6hours

Todoubletheangularresolu7on(sameSNR):3hx16=48hoursTodoubletheSNR:3hx4=12hours

Note:Nantennashasalmostdoubledsincethen,whichhelpsalot(all7mesdownby~4x).

Also,beQerweathermakesabigdifferenceaboveBand6.(3rdvs.6thoc7lechanges7mesbyalmost4xatBand7)

Butremember…thisisoneofthebiggest/brightestknowndisks…