11-15 May 2020
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
Europe/Berlin timezone

The polarizing puzzle of dusty disks

12 May 2020, 16:00
20m
Lecture Hall (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP))

Lecture Hall

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)

An der Sternwarte 16 14482 Potsdam, Germany
Invited talk Main conference Observational Signatures & Constraints

Speaker

Gesa H.-M. Bertrang (MPIA)

Description

From a theoretical point-of-view, magnetic fields are crucial to the evolution of planet-forming disks. However, profound observational constraints are pending. Presently, the number of cutting-edge polarization observations presenting inconclusive data increases continuously. In very recent years, polarization at mm-wavelengths, the classical tracer of magnetic fields, emerged as highly ambiguous, and the pressing demand for comprehensive tools to analyze these new observations is growing.

I will present an overview on the sources of continuum polarization with focus on the impact of grain alignment, scattering, and grain porosity on the polarization measurement – as well as a potential solution to this dusty ambiguousness, linearly polarized gas emission.

Primary authors

Gesa H.-M. Bertrang (MPIA) Paulo Cortes Mario Flock (MPIA) Florian Kirchschlager Dmitry Semenov (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) Thomas Henning

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