Detecting Protoplanets and Tracing the Composition and Evolution of Planet-forming Material with Large UV/Optical Observatories
by Kevin France, Ilaria Pascucci, Ruobing Dong, David R. Ardila, Nuria Calvet, Ana I Gómez de Castro, Catherine Espaillat, Hans Moritz Günther, Gregory J. Herczeg, Carlo F. Manara, John M. O'Meara, and Christian Schneider
Published onMay 31, 2019
Detecting Protoplanets and Tracing the Composition and Evolution of Planet-forming Material with Large UV/Optical Observatories
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Abstract
This white paper describes how future, large (primary apertures larger than ~12m) UV/optical observatories can detect accreting protoplanets, quantify the evolution of material at planet-forming radii, and provide new constraints on the dispersal of material through disk winds.
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