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Predictions of Dust Continuum Emission from a Potential Circumplanetary Disk: A Case Study of the Planet Candidate AB Aurigae b

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Pith's one-line read The paper predicts that AB Aur b's circumplanetary disk should be undetectable at 1.3 mm unless dust inflow is tiny, while extinction-corrected accretion would make it visible at Band 7.

desk verdict Useful CPD dust modeling case study with a robust fiducial non-detection, but the headline inference about dust supply rests on an unvalidated extinction prescription. read the letter →

arxiv 2412.03923 v1 pith:HX4KKUI7 submitted 2024-12-05 astro-ph.EP

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The pith

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The reading

The paper asks why AB Aurigae b, a candidate gas-accreting planet, shows near-infrared and H$\alpha$ emission yet emits no detectable (sub)millimeter dust continuum. Using a model of dust growth, radial drift, and fragmentation in a gas-starved circumplanetary disk, it finds that the predicted 1.3 mm flux stays below the $3\sigma = 99\,\mu$Jy ALMA limit across wide ranges of turbulence strength and dust-to-gas inflow ratio, so the non-detection is consistent with the planet interpretation. A different picture emerges when extinction by small grains is folded in: the corrected planet mass and accretion rate become larger, and the same model predicts flux above the $3\sigma$ limit at the typical inflow dust-to-gas ratio $x = 0.001$. The authors conclude that, if AB Aur b is a true planet with a circumplanetary disk, dust delivery to its vicinity must be unusually small, and they predict that ALMA Band 7 (855 $\mu$m) observations should detect flux comparable to or stronger than the PDS 70 c disk.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing mechanism is a one-dimensional, steady-state viscous 'gas-starved' circumplanetary disk model in which gas and dust enter at radii $r \le r_{\rm inf}$, dust grows by collisions and drifts inward, and fragmentation shuts off growth above a monomer-dependent critical velocity. The dust surface density and peak size set the optical depth via a size-dependent absorption opacity, and the total flux is the radial integral of the Planck function over the optically thin disk. Two additions matter for AB Aur b: a Toomre-$Q$ cap on the gas surface density for gravitationally unstable outer regions, and fragmentation thresholds that weaken with large monomers and CO$_2$ mantles, which change the $\alpha$ dependence of the predicted flux.

What would settle it

An ALMA Band 7 (855 $\mu$m) continuum observation of AB Aur b reaching a $3\sigma$ noise level below about $30\,\mu$Jy: the extinction-corrected model predicts fluxes comparable to or stronger than PDS 70 c's $86\pm16\,\mu$Jy for typical parameters, so a clean non-detection at that sensitivity would falsify the claim that corrected accretion powers detectable CPD dust emission.

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Core claim

The central claim is that the millimeter non-detection of AB Aur b can be explained naturally by dust depletion inside the circumplanetary disk, and that the alternative explanation—an actively accreting planet—faces a tension once extinction is accounted for. In the fiducial case ($M_p = 9\,M_J$, $\dot{M}_g = 1.1\times10^{-6}\,M_J\,\mathrm{yr}^{-1}$), the model's predicted Band 6 flux is below the $3\sigma = 99\,\mu$Jy level of the previous ALMA observation for all tested turbulence strengths, because dust drifts inward so effectively that the outer disk is optically thin. With the extinction correction ($\tau_H = 1.3$, H$\alpha$ extinction twice the H-band value, and a brown-dwarf evolutionary mass–luminosity conversion), the planet becomes $20\,M_J$ with $\dot{M}_g = 2.2\times10^{-6}$ or $8.9\times10^{-6}\,M_J\,\mathrm{yr}^{-1}$; the predicted flux then exceeds the $3\sigma$ limit for typical $x = 0.001$ over a broad $\alpha$ range. The paper therefore concludes that the non-detection requires $x < 0.001$ if a circumplanetary disk exists, and that future Band 7 observations are the decisive test, with predicted fluxes comparable to or brighter than the $86\pm 16\,\mu$Jy CPD of PDS 70 c.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is the extinction correction: assuming an H-band optical depth of $\tau_H = 1.3$, an H$\alpha$ extinction exactly twice that, and a mass–luminosity relation that turns the corrected magnitude into $20\,M_J$; if the true extinction is smaller or the grain size distribution differs, the corrected mass and accretion rate—and with them the predicted millimeter flux—fall substantially.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • If AB Aur b is a gas-accreting planet with a circumplanetary disk, its dust-to-gas inflow ratio must be below the typical $x = 0.001$ once extinction is accounted for; otherwise the predicted 1.3 mm flux would have been detected.
  • The Band 6 non-detection is not evidence against a planet: across $\alpha = 10^{-6}$–$10^{-2}$ the fiducial predicted flux remains below $99\,\mu$Jy.
  • Making dust more fragile (1.5 $\mu$m monomers, CO$_2$ mantles) raises the predicted flux and weakens its dependence on turbulence, but still keeps the fiducial prediction below the $3\sigma$ limit.
  • ALMA Band 7 should separate the scenarios: the model predicts fluxes comparable to or stronger than the PDS 70 c disk ($86\pm16\,\mu$Jy) in the extinction-corrected case, so a deep Band 7 non-detection would point away from an accreting planet with a typical CPD.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The extinction branch of the argument could be tested independently with hydrogen recombination lines of different optical depths, such as Pa$\beta$: if the inferred H$\alpha$ extinction is not confirmed, the $20\,M_J$ correction and its bright millimeter prediction would drop.
  • A $20\,M_J$ companion is a brown dwarf, so the paper's 'recently formed, gap not yet opened' explanation implies a specific, testable disk morphology: deep spirals but a shallow or absent gap near the planet's orbit.
  • The same dust-evolution machinery should be re-run on other accreting-planet candidates whose near-infrared fluxes may be extincted; if extinction is widespread, current mass and accretion estimates—and therefore CPD brightness predictions—may be systematically underestimated.
  • The requirement $x<0.001$ can be read as a demand on dust filtration at the planetary gap edge; this makes the non-detection a probe of gap-edge dust dynamics rather than only a statement about AB Aur b.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 6 minor

Summary. The paper applies an updated version of the SM24 circumplanetary-disk dust evolution and emission model to the AB Aurigae b planet candidate. With the C22 planet mass and accretion rate (9 MJ, 1.1e-6 MJ/yr), the predicted 1.3 mm flux is below the 99 microJy 3-sigma limit of Tang et al. (2017) for the typical inflow dust-to-gas ratio x=0.001, explaining the non-detection in the fiducial case. When extinction by small grains is invoked to correct the observed H-band and H-alpha fluxes (tau_H=1.3, A_Halpha=2 A_H), the planet mass and accretion rate rise to 20 MJ and up to 8.9e-6 MJ/yr; the predicted Band 6 flux then exceeds the 3-sigma limit for x=0.001 over a broad alpha range, leading to the conclusion that x<0.001 if AB Aur b is a planet with a CPD. The paper also predicts Band 7 fluxes comparable to or stronger than PDS 70 c and recommends Band 7 observations.

Significance. If the inference holds, the paper provides a useful framework for interpreting non-detections of CPDs around embedded accreting planets and highlights extinction as a critical systematic in deriving planet masses and accretion rates from H-alpha and near-infrared photometry. The forward model is transparent, with a broad parameter study and an explicit comparison against the ALMA upper limit, and the paper honestly flags its own assumption of Z_Sigma,est in Appendix B. The main caveat is that the extinction-corrected scenario is the sole driver of the x<0.001 conclusion, and that scenario rests on a representative extinction value and an assumed grain-size distribution. Because the paper makes testable Band 7 predictions and identifies the key systematics, it merits publication after the sensitivity issues below are addressed.

major comments (3)
  1. [Section 4.1, Eq. (10), Fig. 6] The Extinction scenario carries the central astrophysical conclusion, but the two factors entering A_Halpha are not directly measured. tau_H=1.3 is a representative value drawn from C22's range 0.25-2, and the factor 2 (A_Halpha=2 A_H) assumes a single dN/da proportional to a^-3.5 grain-size distribution. If tau_H=0.25 with the same distribution, A_Halpha falls from 2.82 to 0.54 and the predicted Band 6 flux for x=0.001 drops by roughly a factor of 8, placing it below the 99 microJy threshold for all alpha in Fig. 6. The paper should therefore show F_d,lambda as a function of tau_H over the full C22 range (e.g., tau_H=0.25, 1.3, 2) and over a plausible range of A_Halpha/A_H (e.g., 1.5-3), and state which parts of the x<0.001 inference survive. Without this sensitivity, the central claim that non-detection implies a small dust supply is not established.
  2. [Section 4.2, first possibility] The paper acknowledges that the extinction scenario requires small grains near the planet, while its preferred resolution of the non-detection is a dust-poor inflow (x<0.001). These two statements are in tension and are not reconciled. If the obscuring grains reside in the PPD along the line of sight rather than in the CPD accretion flow, the corrections to M_p and M_dot would still apply, but they would carry no information about x in the CPD inflow. Please state explicitly where the absorbing grains are located and test whether a single dust population can both produce the extinction and keep the CPD inflow at x<0.001; otherwise the x<0.001 conclusion is not unique.
  3. [Section 4.1] The conversion of the extinction-corrected H-band magnitude to M_p=20 MJ via Chabrier et al. (2000) evolutionary models is adopted without a discussion of its uncertainty. Because the predicted flux is roughly proportional to M_p M_dot, as the paper itself notes, some of this uncertainty may cancel in the product, but the paper should state the expected systematic range in M_p and M_dot separately and confirm that plausible factor-of-two changes in these quantities do not alter the Fig. 6 conclusions. This matters because the 20 MJ value is also the basis for the recently-formed gap-opening argument in the same section.
minor comments (6)
  1. [Section 4.1] The sentence 'the actual absolute magnitude of the planet is 1.3 times higher than the observed value' is inconsistent with Eq. (10): for tau_H=1.3, A_H=1.41 mag, so the planet is brighter by 1.41 mag (or its flux is higher by a factor e^1.3). Please correct the wording.
  2. [Abstract and Section 3.3] The phrase 'with broad ranges of parameters' overstates the robust conclusion: the non-detection is robust for the typical inflow ratio x=0.001 in the Fiducial case, but Fig. 4 shows that x=0.01 or the large-monomer/CO2-mantle cases can approach or exceed the 3-sigma level. Please qualify the statement accordingly.
  3. [Figures 4, 6, 7] The repeated note that 'some results with alpha sqrt(x) greater than about 1e-4 are not presented because of numerical reasons' deserves a sentence in the main text explaining the numerical limitation and whether the missing region could affect any quoted conclusion, especially in the Extinction panels.
  4. [Footnote 2] The footnote appears to drop a factor of 10^-5 when writing L_Halpha = 2.2 +/- 0.7 L_sun; the following expression uses 10^5 notation. Please correct the typo so the units and normalization are clear.
  5. [Throughout] There are several typographical issues: 'compere' in Section 1, 'rear-infrared' in Sections 1 and 4.1, 'emmision' in the axis labels of Figures 2 and 3, and 'T ang+2017' in Figure 4 labels. Please proofread.
  6. [Section 2.1] The sentence 'we correct the gas surface density of the CPD by Sigma_g = c_s Omega / (pi G) when it becomes larger than unity' is ambiguous; the condition is that the Toomre Q parameter becomes smaller than unity. Please rephrase.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the dust-flux predictions are forward calculations from a prior CPD model, tested against the independent ALMA non-detection, and the x < 0.001 inference is a transparent inversion of the model rather than a fitted input.

full rationale

The derivation chain is forward and self-contained. Given Mp, Mdot, alpha, and x, the gas disk model (Section 2.1) and dust evolution/emission model (Section 2.2, Eqs. 6-9) produce Fd by integration (Eq. 8). The Section 3 predictions (Fig. 4) are compared with the external ALMA 1.3 mm non-detection (Tang et al. 2017, Appendix A: 3σ = 99 µJy), and the finding that Fiducial fluxes fall below 3σ is a genuine prediction, not a fit. The Extinction scenario (Section 4.1) re-derives Mp and Mdot from observed H-band and Hα magnitudes using tau_H = 1.3 from C22's range and A_Halpha = 2 A_H from an assumed grain size distribution (Eq. 10); none of these inputs is defined in terms of the 1.3 mm flux or the non-detection, so the resulting Fd excess is a conditional forward prediction. The concluding constraint x < 0.001 (Section 4.2) is the inverse of this forward calculation: since Fd(x=0.001) exceeds 3σ in the Extinction case, the non-detection implies a smaller inflow dust-to-gas ratio. That is a legitimate model-based upper limit, not a self-fulfilling construction. The SM24 model is cited from prior work by overlapping authors, but it is an externally testable model (it reproduces the PDS 70 c detection and PDS 70 b non-detection) and is applied here with stated parameters; the paper does not invoke a uniqueness theorem or smuggle in an ansatz via citation. Uncertainties in tau_H and the A_Halpha factor are assumption fragility, which affects robustness of the astrophysical interpretation, but they do not make the derivation circular.

Assumptions & free parameters 4 free parameters · 6 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The paper introduces no new physical entities. The central predictions rest on a chain of prior model prescriptions (gas-starved disk, dust growth and fragmentation, opacity) and on observational inputs (planet mass, accretion rate, extinction) that carry significant uncertainty. The free parameters alpha, x, a_mon, and Z_Sigma,est are all swept over ranges or set to representative values, not measured here.

free parameters (4)
  • alpha (turbulence strength in CPD) = 10^-6 to 10^-2
    Varied over a wide range because the turbulence mechanism in CPDs is unknown; it strongly affects gas surface density, dust drift, and the resulting flux.
  • x (dust-to-gas mass ratio in inflow) = 0.0001 to 0.01
    The central parameter controlling dust supply; the conclusion that x < 0.001 for consistency with the non-detection is derived by requiring the model to match the observation.
  • a_mon (monomer radius) = 0.1 or 1.5 micron
    Monomer size controls the fragmentation threshold and therefore the dust size distribution and emission; chosen as two representative values.
  • Z_Sigma,est (dust-to-gas surface density ratio used for disk temperature) = 10^-4 (r <= r_inf), 10^-6 (r > r_inf)
    Fixed for the temperature calculation rather than computed self-consistently; the authors check sensitivity and find a factor of two effect on flux.
assumptions (6)
  • domain assumption The CPD is a steady-state viscous accretion disk with continuous gas infall (gas-starved disk model of Canup & Ward 2002).
    Invoked in Section 2.1 as the basis for the gas surface density and temperature profiles.
  • domain assumption Dust particles grow by collisions, drift radially, and fragment above a critical velocity that depends on monomer size (Eqs. 6 and 7).
    This is the core dust evolution prescription taken from SM24 and Wada et al. (2009, 2013), Gundlach & Blum (2015).
  • domain assumption The opacity model of Kataoka et al. (2014) and Birnstiel et al. (2018) describes the absorption opacity of grains at 1.3 mm and 0.855 mm.
    Used in Eq. 8 and 9 for the flux calculation; different opacity prescriptions would change the predicted flux.
  • domain assumption The planet properties Mp = 9 MJ and Mdot_g = 1.1e-6 MJ/yr from Currie et al. (2022) are adopted as the fiducial case.
    These are observational estimates from SED fitting; the paper takes them as inputs in Section 3.
  • domain assumption The extinction correction uses tau_H = 1.3, AHalpha = 2.82, and the Chabrier et al. (2000) mass-luminosity relation to revise Mp to 20 MJ.
    This is the Extinction scenario in Section 4.1; the factor of two for Halpha extinction and the tau_H representative value are both uncertain.
  • domain assumption The LHalpha-Lacc relations of Aoyama et al. (2021) for planets and Alcala et al. (2017) for stars convert corrected Halpha luminosity to gas accretion rate.
    Used in Section 4.1 to derive Mdot_g = 8.9e-6 and 2.2e-6 MJ/yr; these relations have their own scatter and model dependence.

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Gas accreting planets embedded in protoplanetary disks are expected to show dust thermal emission from their circumplanetary disks (CPDs). However, a recently reported gas accreting planet candidate, AB Aurigae b, has not been detected in (sub)millimeter continuum observations. We calculate the evolution of dust in the potential CPD of AB Aurigae b and predict its thermal emission at 1.3 mm wavelength as a case study, where the obtained features may also be applied to other gas accreting planets. We find that the expected flux density from the CPD is lower than the 3-sigma level of the previous continuum observation by ALMA with broad ranges of parameters, consistent with the non-detection. However, the expected planet mass and gas accretion rate are higher if the reduction of the observed near-infrared continuum and H-alpha line emission due to the extinction by small grains is considered, resulting in higher flux density of the dust emission from the CPD at (sub)millimeter wavelength. We find that the corrected predictions of the dust emission are stronger than the 3-sigma level of the previous observation with the typical dust-to-gas mass ratio of the inflow to the CPD. This result suggests that the dust supply to the vicinity of AB Aurigae b is small if the planet candidate is not the scattered light of the star but is a planet and has a CPD. Future continuum observations at shorter wavelength are preferable to obtain more robust clues to the question whether the candidate is a planet or not.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2412.03923 by the authors.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Radial distribution of the gas surface density, temper￾ature, and Toomre Q parameter of the CPD of AB Aur B. The red, blue, and green curves represent the profiles with α = 10−3 , 10−4 , and 10−5 , respectively. The vertical lines are the H2O snow lines. The black horizontal line in the bottom panel is QToomre = 1. Shaded gray regions represent the planetary surface (atmosphere), r ≤ 2.75 RJ (C22). pare the predicti… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Radial distribution of the dust properties in the CPD of AB Aur B. The top left, middle left, bottom left, top right, middle right, and bottom right panels represent the dust particle radius, Stokes number, dust surface density, optical depth, intensity, and cumulative dust emission (flux density), respectively. The assumed wavelength in the right three panels is λ = 1.3 mm. The orange curves and vertical dotted lin… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Same as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Expected flux density of the dust continuum emission from the CPD of AB Aur b at ALMA Band 6 (λ = 1.3 mm). The color of the circles represent the dust-to-gas mass ratio x in the gas inflow onto the CPD, and the white curves are the cases where x = 0.001. The green soli…
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Expected Hα luminosity with variable gas accretion rate. The solid and dashed curves represent the cases with the LHα − Lacc relationships for planets (Eq. (11)) and stars (Eq. (12)), respectively. The red and blue curves represent the profiles with Mp = 9 and 20 MJ , …
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Same as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_6.png]
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Same as the Fiducial and Large monomer + CO2 mantles cases of Figs. 4 and 6 but at Band 7 (λ = 855 µm). The left and right lower panels represent the Extinction cases with Large monomer + CO2 mantles using the LHα − Lacc relationships for planets (Eq. (11)) and for sta…
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: shows the Band 6 (1.3 mm) continuum emission (contour) and the moment 0 map of CO (color scale), cited from Tang et al. (2017). Inside the red circle, the location of AB Aur b (Currie et al. 2022), there is no detection of dust continuum emission. The noise level of th…
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Expected flux density of the dust continuum emission from the CPD of AB Aur b at ALMA Band 6 (λ = 1.3 mm) with x = 0.001. The solid, dashed, and dotted curves represent the cases with ZΣ,est = 10−4 , 10−6 , and 10−2 , respectively. The red and blue curves are the Fidu…
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Radial distribution of ZΣ (solid color curves) and ZΣ,est (black lines) with the various parameter sets. The top, middle, bottom panels show the profiles with the Fiducial cases, the cases considering the effects of the monomer conditions, and the Extinction cases with…

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