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Radiation transfer in protoplanetary disks vs ALMA interferometric observations
Janoška, Ondřej ; Brož, Miroslav (advisor) ; Grossová, Romana (referee)
We study observability of protoplanetary disc structures by the ALMA interferometer. Structures, which planets create in discs have a form of spiral arms, rings or gaps. Our goal is to calculate synthetic images of such discs. For this purpose, we created Faradit, a program for extending a two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulation of a protoplanetary disc to the third, vertical dimension. We studied 5 different cases: a vertically isothermal disc, an optically thick disk, an optically thin disc, a disc with a distribution of grain sizes and a disc with viscous heating and dust grain evaporation. In all of them, we calculated radiation transfer using RADMC-3D program and created ideal images for six different wavelengths. Eventually, we assessed whether these structures are observable, using a simulator of interferometric observations (ALMA OST). Despite the structures induced by protoplanets with masses 3 M⊕ were present, we concluded they are not observable with a realistic signal and noise of ALMA in continuum. The respective disc would have to be more evolved, with an opened gap. 1
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