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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

   The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS)

   Jankovic, Pawellek, Zander et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2026

   The paper tests whether two distinct planetesimal belts or gas-driven dust migration can explain the two dust rings around the young star HD 131835, as seen by ALMA and in scattered light.

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   1. UncheckedNew ALMA observations of HD 131835 show the inner of two dust rings brighter than the outer, unlike earlier scattered-light observations.“New ALMA observations show that the inner of the two dust rings is brighter than the outer one, in contrast with previous observations in scattered light.”
   2. UncheckedA gas-drag model of HD 131835 matches the outer ring's position and the two-ring brightness ratio in scattered light, but makes the outer ring too faint.“The gas-driven scenario can reproduce the location of the outer ring and the brightness ratio of the two rings from scattered light observations, but the resulting outer ring is too faint overall in both scattered light and sub-millimetre emission.”