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A Kinematical Detection of Two Embedded Jupiter Mass Planets in HD 163296

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arxiv 1805.10290 v2 pith:V2PJQMXL submitted 2018-05-25 astro-ph.EP

A Kinematical Detection of Two Embedded Jupiter Mass Planets in HD 163296

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We present the first kinematical detection of embedded protoplanets within a protoplanetary disk. Using archival ALMA observations of HD 163296, we demonstrate a new technique to measure the rotation curves of CO isotopologue emission to sub-percent precision relative to the Keplerian rotation. These rotation curves betray substantial deviations caused by local perturbations in the radial pressure gradient, likely driven by gaps carved in the gas surface density by Jupiter-mass planets. Comparison with hydrodynamic simulations shows excellent agreement with the gas rotation profile when the disk surface density is perturbed by two Jupiter mass planets at 83 au and 137 au. As the rotation of the gas is dependent on the pressure of the total gas component, this method provides a unique probe of the gas surface density profile without incurring significant uncertainties due to gas-to-dust ratios or local chemical abundances which plague other methods. Future analyses combining both methods promise to provide the most accurate and robust measures of embedded planetary mass. Furthermore, this method provides a unique opportunity to explore wide-separation planets beyond the mm continuum edge and to trace the gas pressure profile essential in modelling grain evolution in disks.

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