The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS): VI. Asymmetries and offsets
Context. Asymmetries in debris discs provide unique clues to understand the evolution and architecture of planetary systems. Previous studies of debris discs at (sub)millimetre wavelengths have suggested the presence of asymmetries in a wide variety of systems, yet the lack of sufficiently sensitive high-resolution observations means that the
The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS): VII. Optically thick gas with broad CO gaussian local line profiles in the HD 121617 disc
Context. CO gas has been detected in ~20 debris discs, typically classified as CO-poor or CO-rich. We present observations of the CO-rich HD 121617 debris disc as part of the ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS). Aims. We model local CO line profiles in the HD 121617 debris disc to investigate optical depth, CO mass, and
The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS): IX. Gas-driven origin for the continuum arc in the debris disc of HD121617
Context. Debris discs were long considered to be largely gas-free environments, where dynamical evolution is governed primarily by collisional fragmentation, gravitational stirring, and radiative forces. Recent detections of CO molecular line emission in debris discs demonstrate that gas is present, but its abundance and origin are still uncertain