Visualisation of the warped disc around the young star MWC 758, with warping exaggerated by a factor four to make it visible (IMAGE)

Queen Mary University of London

Visualisation of the warped disc around the young star MWC 758, with warping exaggerated by a factor four to make it visible

Caption

Visualisation of the warped disc around the young star MWC 758, with warping exaggerated by a factor four to make it visible. Both panels show properties of the disc inferred from CO emission. On the left-hand side, we see deviations in the line-of-sight velocity from the expected rotation if the disc were flat. The variations in velocity can be used to infer the warp structure. On the right-hand side we see variations in the gas temperature, from which we can see evidence of shadowing in areas of the disc.

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Dr A Winter, Queen Mary University of London

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