A close view on the protoplanetary disk in the Bok globule CB26
Abstract
We present new sub-arcsecond-resolution near-infrared polarimetric imaging and millimetre interferometry data on the circumstellar disk system in the Bok globule CB26. The data imply the presence of a M > 0.01 Msun edge-on disk of >400 AU in diameter, being in Keplerian rotation around a young ~0.35 Msun star. The mm dust emission from the inner 200 AU is highly optically thick, but the outer parts are optically thin and made of small dust grains. Planetesimal growth in the inner disk could neither be comfirmed nor excluded. The outer optically thin part of the disk is strongly warped. We argue that the CB 26 disk is a very young protoplanetary disk and show that it is comparable to the early solar system.
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