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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

   The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS)

   Weber, Pérez, Baruteau et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2026

   Using hydrodynamical simulations, the paper estimates the total gas mass in the debris disc HD 121617, assuming gas drag produces its bright dust arc, and finds it may hold primordial gas.

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   1. UncheckedALMA observations of the debris disc HD 121617 show a narrow ring of gas and dust with an arc-like feature 40% brighter than the rest of the ring.“The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS) observed both the gas and dust of several debris discs at high resolution and revealed a narrow ring of gas and dust in the disc HD 121617, with an asymmetric arc-like feature that is 40% brighter than the rest of the ring.”
   2. UncheckedIn the authors' simulations, an unstable ring of gas can trap dust at particular places, and where it traps depends on grain size.“We find that an unstable gas ring can create a size-dependent radial and azimuthal dust trap.”
   3. UncheckedSimulations of the debris disc HD 121617 put its total gas mass between about 2.5 and 250 Earth masses, if gas drag causes the dust arc.“We further find a conservative lower limit of M gas >2.5 M ⊕ and a conservative upper limit of M gas <250 M ⊕ .”