ALMA polarimetric studies of rotating jet/disk systems. (arXiv:1812.07618v1 [astro-ph.SR])

ALMA polarimetric studies of rotating jet/disk systems. (arXiv:1812.07618v1 [astro-ph.SR])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bacciotti_F/0/1/0/all/0/1">F. Bacciotti</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Girart_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">J.M. Girart</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Padovani_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">M. Padovani</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Podio_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">L. Podio</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Paladino_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">R. Paladino</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Testi_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">L. Testi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bianchi_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">E. Bianchi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Galli_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">D. Galli</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Codella_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">C. Codella</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Coffey_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">D. Coffey</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Favre_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">C. Favre</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Fedele_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">D. Fedele</a>

We have recently obtained polarimetric data at mm wavelengths with ALMA for
the young systems DG Tau and CW Tau, for which the rotation properties of jet
and disk have been investigated in previous high angular resolution studies.
The motivation was to test the models of magneto-centrifugal launch of jets via
the determination of the magnetic configuration at the disk surface. The
analysis of these data, however, reveals that self-scattering of dust thermal
radiation dominates the polarization pattern. It is shown that even if no
information on the magnetic field can be derived in this case, the polarization
data are a powerful tool for the diagnostics of the properties and the
evolution of dust in protoplanetary disks.

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