@inproceedings{0d263480dc1642d6958c68ba6d2c2e31,
title = "Revolutionizing our View of Protostellar Multiplicity and Disks: The VLA Nascent Disk and Multiplicity (VANDAM) Survey of the Perseus Molecular Cloud",
abstract = "There is substantial evidence for disk formation taking place during the early stages of star formation and for most stars being born in multiple systems; however, protostellar multiplicity and disk searches have been hampered by low resolution, sample bias, and variable sensitivity. We have conducted an unbiased, high-sensitivity Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) survey toward all known protostars (n = 94) in the Perseus molecular cloud (d ∼ 230 pc), with a resolution of ∼ 15 AU (0.06′′) at λ = 8 mm. We have detected candidate protostellar disks toward 17 sources (with 12 of those in the Class 0 stage) and we have found substructure on < 50 AU scales for three Class 0 disk candidates, possibly evidence for disk fragmentation. We have discovered 16 new multiple systems (or new components) in this survey; the new systems have separations < 500 AU and 3 by < 30 AU. We also found a bi-modal distribution of separations, with peaks at ∼ 75 AU and ∼ 3000 AU, suggestive of formation through two distinct mechanisms: disk and turbulent fragmentation. The results from this survey demonstrate the necessity and utility of uniform, unbiased surveys of protostellar systems at millimeter and centimeter wavelengths.",
author = "Tobin, {J. J.} and Looney, {L. W.} and Li, {Z. Y.} and Chandler, {C. J.} and Dunham, {M. M.} and D. Segura-Cox and Cox, {E. G.} and Harris, {R. J.} and C. Melis and Sadavoy, {S. I.} and L. P{\'e}rez and K. Kratter",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 EAS, EDP Sciences.; 6th Zermatt Symposium on Conditions and Impact of Star Formation: From Lab to Space 2015 ; Conference date: 07-09-2015 Through 11-09-2015",
year = "2016",
month = may,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1051/eas/1575054",
language = "English (US)",
series = "EAS Publications Series",
publisher = "EDP Sciences",
pages = "273--276",
editor = "R. Schaaf and Jurgen Stutzki and Robert Simon",
booktitle = "Conditions and Impact of Star Formation 2015",
}