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author:
- 'A.-L. Maire, T. Stolker, S. Messina, A. Müller, B. A. Biller, T. Currie, C. Dominik, C. A. Grady, A. Boccaletti, M. Bonnefoy, G. Chauvin, R. Galicher, M. Millward, A. Pohl, W. Brandner, T. Henning, A.-M. Lagrange, M. Langlois, M. R. Meyer, S. P. Quanz, A. Vigan, A. Zurlo, R. van Boekel, E. Buenzli, T. Buey, S. Desidera, M. Feldt, T. Fusco, C. Ginski, E. Giro, R. Gratton, N. Hubin, J. Lannier, D. Le Mignant, D. Mesa, S. Peretti, C. Perrot, J. R. Ramos, G. Salter, M. Samland, E. Sissa, E. Stadler, C. Thalmann, S. Udry, and L. Weber'
bibliography:
- 'biblio.bib'
date: 'Received 14/10/2016; accepted 14/02/2017'
title: 'Testing giant planet formation in the transitional disk of SAO 206462 using deep VLT/SPHERE imaging[^1]'
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[The SAO 206462 (HD 135344B) disk is one of the few known transitional disks showing asymmetric features in scattered light and thermal emission. Near-infrared scattered-light images revealed two bright outer spiral arms and an inner cavity depleted in dust. Giant protoplanets have been proposed [to account for]{} the disk morphology.]{} [We aim to search for giant planets responsible for the disk features and, in [the]{} case of non-detection, to constrain recent planet predictions using 