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金牛T星系统吸积气体的物理条件

Physical Conditions of Accreting Gas in T Tauri Star Systems

Jeffrey S. Bary, Sean P. Matt, Michael F. Skrutskie, John C. Wilson, Dawn E. Peterson, Matthew J. Nelson

摘要:

本文介绍了金牛座-御夫座星形成区中活跃吸积的金牛座T星(TTS)的低分辨率(R~300)近红外光谱变率测量结果。在15个经典TTauri系统的73个光谱中检测到Paschen和布拉开系H I复合线。所有观测的Pan/PaB、Brn/BrG和BrG/Pan H I谱线比值在加权平均值附近的分散度< 20%,不仅在源与源之间,而且在同一源中的历元与历元变化之间。在Paschen和布拉开系以及BrG/Pan线比率中,确定了每个比率的代表性或“全球”值。观察到的线比值进行了比较的情况下B氢复合线理论的温度和电子密度依赖模型的预测。在严格限制的温度范围(T < 2000 K)和电子密度1 e9 < n_e <1 e10 cm^-3下,测得的谱线比在统计学上拟合良好。所观察到的线比值的光学厚和薄的局部热力学平衡的情况下预测的值的比较排除了这些条件的发射H I气体。因此,该排放物与来源于非LTE重组气体一致。虽然电子密度的范围与现有磁层吸积模型预测的气体密度一致,但受情况B比较限制的温度范围远低于吸积气体的预期。较冷的气体温度将需要非热激发过程(例如,日冕/吸积相关的X射线和UV光子)来为观察到的线发射提供动力。

英文摘要:

We present results from a low resolution (R~300) near-infrared spectroscopic variability survey of actively accreting T Tauri stars (TTS) in the Taurus-Auriga star forming region. Paschen and Brackett series H I recombination lines were detected in 73 spectra of 15 classical T Tauri systems. The values of the Pan/PaB, Brn/BrG, and BrG/Pan H I line ratios for all observations exhibit a scatter of < 20% about the weighted mean, not only from source to source, but also for epoch-to-epoch variations in the same source. A representative or `global' value was determined for each ratio in both the Paschen and Brackett series as well as the BrG/Pan line ratios. A comparison of observed line ratio values was made to those predicted by the temperature and electron density dependent models of Case B hydrogen recombination line theory. The measured line ratios are statistically well-fit by a tightly constrained range of temperatures (T < 2000 K) and electron densities 1e9 < n_e < 1e10 cm^-3. A comparison of the observed line ratio values to the values predicted by the optically thick and thin local thermodynamic equilibrium cases rules out these conditions for the emitting H I gas. Therefore, the emission is consistent with having an origin in a non-LTE recombining gas. While the range of electron densities is consistent with the gas densities predicted by existing magnetospheric accretion models, the temperature range constrained by the Case B comparison is considerably lower than that expected for accreting gas. The cooler gas temperatures will require a non-thermal excitation process (e.g., coronal/accretion-related X-rays and UV photons) to power the observed line emission.

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