Shadow-Induced Warps in Protoplanetary Disks
Shangjia Zhang et al 2025 ApJL 995 L33 In simulations featuring an inner disk tilted by 30 degrees, the outer disk develops a thermally driven warp due to launching of bending waves, which drives a…
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