Daniel Harsono

(National Tsing Hua University)

Planets form inside the protoplanetary disks. Recent observations with ALMA show that these disks are diverse in size, mass, and structure. These observations mainly target the disks around very bright young stars like our own Sun. However, most stars in the galaxy have a lower mass. It is known that planet formation occurs very differently around very low-mass stars. In this project, the student will analyze protoplanetary disks around very low-mass stars. These new ALMA data are taken as part of recent surveys in studying the ongoing planet formation in these special places. The student will learn how to work with ALMA data, self-calibration techniques (also used in medical imaging), and analyze ALMA Fourier data.