DISCOVERY OF A DISK GAP CANDIDATE AT 20 AU IN TW HYDRAE

We present a new Subaru/HiCIAO high-contrast H-band polarized intensity (PI) image of a nearby transitional disk associated with TW Hydrae. The scattered light from the disk was detected from 0 ''. ...

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